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10 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Follow the water in a picture of 1758

Ten readings accompany the water in the memories of 1758: cultures, margins, mills and differences between parishes. Vila Nune's account also looks at Atei, on the other side of Tâmega. Compares what each author observed, without turning the documents into visiting maps.

3 de 10 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

To try7 activities · 5 interactive holdings · 3 questions
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Store water coming from the hill
  2. Two rivers lost their name
  3. Two streams worked six mills
  4. A river that moved but did not water
  5. The work was on the other side
  6. Two rivers, a meeting in the Ranha
  7. The water watered and made oil
  8. Bridges that winter put to the test
  9. Trouts, scallops and berries in river memory
  10. The river entered the life of the fields
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
About the photograph

Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photograph shows a young ash; it does not document the forest described in the study.

Source: iNaturalist · CC-BY. No editing; screen size adjustment.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Water: memory, work and life

From the wooden bridge to the seeds of the alder: eight readings link ancient testimonies, rural work and life on the shores. Each story indicates its time and scope. It is a sequence to read, not a pedestrian itinerary.

4 de 8 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

To try6 activities · 7 interactive holdings · 4 questions
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. A bridge for loaded cars
  2. Bridges that winter put to the test
  3. The water watered and made oil
  4. Seven consorts shared the levada
  5. The fish that entered the memory
  6. The river also has a forest
  7. Seeds that travel through the water
  8. A little bird that dives
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A small specimen with green leaves beside a tree trunk.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
About the photograph

Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

The photograph shows a young ash; it does not document the forest described in the study.

Source: iNaturalist · CC-BY. No editing; screen size adjustment.

Request withdrawal or correct authorship
7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

A river beyond the surface

Seven stories to follow the water to the Douro and discover life under the surface. Explores the layers of the river, accompanies the transformation of an insect and draws a food network. Local references and dated studies are distinguished from general explanations of ecology.

1 de 7 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

To try6 activities · 6 interactive holdings · 4 questions
Entrar por Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau) →Começar pelo início →Read all below →
What am I gonna find out?
  1. The water from here also reaches the Douro
  2. Under the ground there's also water
  3. Water also reaches the light and fields
  4. The river also has a forest
  5. Small shelters underwater
  6. A fish's menu also has insects
  7. The life of the river also tells a story
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6 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

mountains animals, stories of people

Six readings link the domestic Garrano, the shepherding and fauna described in 1758 to the food and family life of the wolf. Compares sources and draws a changing pack. Memories and regional references are not sighting routes.

1 de 6 histórias com ligação a Cabeceiras de Basto (São Nicolau).

To try4 activities · 3 interactive holdings · 2 questions
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What am I gonna find out?
  1. Little horse, mountain pass
  2. By nightfall, cattle would come home
  3. The herd was also a village matter
  4. The animals of an ancient portrait
  5. A landscape is also food
  6. Iberian wolf
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