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Panoramic view of Vilela, Rio Douro, with houses and agricultural plots on the slopes.
Vilela · architecture and landscape of Rio Douro© Ambcruzⓘ
11 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

Riodouro: from mountain to water

Eleven readings between villages, chapels, watering, animals and work. Compares the portrait of 1758, knows the pison and ends in the memory of collective shepherding of Cambezes. Reports maintain their time and do not define current conditions of visit.

11 de 11 histórias com ligação a Rio Douro.

Things to try8 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 3 questions
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  1. Moscoso look at the valley
  2. Fifteen places, a network of chapels
  3. From the spring to the fields
  4. Two rivers to count a parish
  5. In summer, the water took other paths
  6. Fish in an old portrait
  7. Animals remembered in the mountains
  8. Water also worked wool
  9. The granite also draws the village
  10. The village that stayed in memory
  11. The herd was also a village matter
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

The hand-made mountains

Eight stories about between help, water, harvests, wool, fabrics and materials of the houses. Find out how the work connected the villages to the fairs and try to organize a wheel of shifts on paper. It is a reading route, without displacements.

3 de 8 histórias com ligação a Rio Douro.

Things to try6 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 5 questions
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  1. The herd was also a village matter
  2. The water had its turn
  3. The corn left a mark on the village
  4. Wool for mountain life
  5. Fabrics leaving the village
  6. Water also worked wool
  7. Stone on the walls, colme on the roof
  8. A craft learned alongside the master
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

Bucos: wool, fields and paths

Eight stories link wool, fields, rivers, mail and places of worship of Bucos. It compares the daily life of 1758 with the transmission of crafts in 2024–2026, including a meeting in Rio Douro. The Casa da Lã has its own record to prepare a visit.

1 de 8 histórias com ligação a Rio Douro.

Things to try8 activities · 5 interactive explorations · 5 questions
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  1. Wool for mountain life
  2. The wool of Bucos also travels by the hands of those who teach
  3. Three grains in one landscape
  4. Two rivers lost their name
  5. A small bridge, a long way
  6. The letters came from somewhere else
  7. A chapel shortened the distance
  8. Gold and red in church
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Estátua do Basto in Refojos, with circular shield, pedestal and municipal identification plate.
Estátua do Basto in Refojos · monument photograph© Joseolgonⓘ
8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

The marks that time left on the ground

Fossas, villages, sculptures and graves: eight readings bring different times closer to the territory. Follow archaeological interpretations and their uncertainties. It is a reading sequence, not a roadmap for access to sites.

5 de 8 histórias com ligação a Rio Douro.

Things to try2 activities · 4 interactive explorations · 3 questions
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  1. The floor also kept reserves
  2. A village drawn on the hillside
  3. Tombs and village: an uninvestigated connection
  4. Before the rails, a castro
  5. Warriors who stood on the stone
  6. Between the mountain and the valley, the settlement changed
  7. Two graves, one direction
  8. A castle you read on the ground
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