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A ROAD TO FIND OUT

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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

From fruit and vegetable to table

Seven readings between fruit, creoles, cabbages, identified meat of origin and market. Three recipes allow to accompany ingredients and steps, including roasted quails with or without wine. The stories link the table to the landscape, family memories and shopping.

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  1. The fruit also gained place in the park
  2. These quails come from the tree
  3. Next to the post, the grelos also count
  4. Beans
  5. Barrosan: a name that accompanies the origin
  6. There's always room for candy
  7. The market is also a meeting place
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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

From flowers to products of the earth

Pollen, visitors to flowers, shelters, honey and local cooperation. Seven readings link ecology and flavors, distinguishing general biology from history of Cabeceiras.

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  1. From flower to flower, a shared task
  2. Small loads on the paws
  3. Looks like a wasp, but it could be a fly.
  4. Not all bees are looking for the same house
  5. A flower calendar
  6. The landscape also reaches the honey
  7. Land products also bring people together
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5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 4 MIN

A forest needs space for life

Connected habitats, invasive plants and monitoring over time. Five readings that cross ecology and proposals of the forest plan of Cabeceiras of 2021; are not instructions to intervene on the ground.

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  1. A landscape needs connections
  2. Yellow flowers, space disputed
  3. Cane doesn't end where the ground begins
  4. A little stain deserves attention
  5. Taking care of the forest doesn't end in a day
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9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Painzela: gardens and layers of memory

Nine readings between gardens, chapels, documents and people. Opens the chronologies, distinguishes dates from buildings and documents and knows the route of Baltazar Castro. It is a reading sequence, without assuming access to private properties.

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  1. One house, two centuries in sight
  2. Plants that take shape
  3. The water draws the garden of Piellas
  4. A chapel helps to read the house
  5. How did you count a parish?
  6. Painzela was not isolated
  7. A chapel leaves a trail in the archive
  8. From Painzela to the direction of monuments
  9. A parish is also playing and singing
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9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

St Nicholas: water, houses and paths

Nine stories between water, houses and collective life of São Nicolau. From the bridges and mills described in 1758 to the use of water in Covas, compares documents from different times. It continues by architecture, by the old school and by the memory that dances.

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  1. A landscape told in 1758
  2. Bridges that winter put to the test
  3. The water watered and made oil
  4. A log led the force of the water
  5. Three houses, three details
  6. Five altars, many stories
  7. When the chapel shortened the path
  8. The school brought the village back together
  9. A memory that also dances
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Rounded leaves of rosemary with reddish hair and bright drops between moss.
Rorela in the natural monument Swamp, near Máchovo jezero, Chéquia, in 2013. Illustration of the species; it is not a register of the Cabreira.
Photography: Stanislav Rada · CC BY-SA 3.0
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 9 MIN

Plants with tricks up their sleeves

Eight stories to look closely: protected seeds, fruit with wings, trap leaves, stems that make photosynthesis and fetuses without flowers. Open the schemes, compare local photographs and draw the parts that distinguish these plants.

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  1. A pine cone has small seed houses
  2. A fruit with a wing
  3. Seeds that travel through the water
  4. It looks dew, but it's a trap.
  5. A bush of well defended branches
  6. A blueberry is a small set
  7. In the carqueja, the stems also work
  8. A plant doesn't need to have flowers
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Small specimen with green leaves by a log.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Small lives, big surprises

It looks at nature on the scale of details: leaves, insects, a shell with bands and a slug with spots. It compares shapes and experiences the activities, distinguishing local photographs from general explanations about the species.

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  1. The river also has a forest
  2. A little bird that dives
  3. A carnivorous plant in the mountains
  4. From flower to flower, a shared task
  5. A log can be a small house
  6. An old log still feeds life
  7. A shell, lots of drawings
  8. A leopard-shaped slug
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Green insect of long antennas photographed on a wooden panel.
Big-Salt Green · Photography: Joao Teixeira
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

Five encounters with nature

From the corner of a jump to the wings of a fruit: discover five stories with photographs registered in the municipality. A reading route, to explore at your pace.

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  1. A corner hidden in the green
  2. A grasshopper through the winter
  3. The wings have a history of plants
  4. A fruit with a wing
  5. A little bird that dives
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Revolving plate and tracks from the old Arco de Baúlhe station, with buildings and railway equipment at the bottom.
Former station Arco de Baúlhe · railway heritage© JP Ribeiroⓘ
9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

A season, many stories

Nine stories follow the arrival of the line, the vehicles, the life of the station and the transformation of the channel into Ecopist. Two chronologies distinguish works and new uses. Matamá Bridge is in Celorico from Basto; this is a reading sequence, not a pedestrian itinerary.

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  1. One line took forty years to arrive
  2. To get to the Arc, the line needed to cross another valley
  3. Before the train, the tiles arrived
  4. A place in the third class
  5. A gas engine on the rails
  6. A little tin would help take care of the train.
  7. A season that also flourished
  8. The train stopped, the memory stayed
  9. The line has gained new steps
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11 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Alvite: from fields to memory

Eleven readings link fields, water, work, fair, justice, church and chapels of Alvite. It compares the strength of animals with the uses of water and the different charges of places of worship. The memories of 1758 preserve their time; the sequence does not indicate a walk.

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  1. In the fields, there was more than corn
  2. The Orada changed from high to valley
  3. Store water coming from the hill
  4. When the winepress walked with the animals
  5. The bulls came from Barroso
  6. One land, two skills
  7. The earthquake has reached the account of Alvite
  8. The Orada was also a land of shepherding
  9. Three altars in one body
  10. Six chapels, different responsibilities
  11. A chapel leaning against the stone
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Otter front view over wood, with snout, mustaches and visible paws.
European otter at the Lüneburg Heath fauna park, Germany, in 2009. Animal in fauna park; it is not a record of Cabeceiras.
Photography: Quartl · CC BY-SA 3.0
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10 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 10 MIN

There's life in and out of the river

Ten stories link the trees from the margins to the animals and moisture. Compare the otter and the water mole, follow the relationship with the aquatic insects and discover the water lizard. Each text distinguishes general biology, regional references and documented records; it is a path of reading, not sighting.

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  1. The river also has a forest
  2. A willow, many possibilities
  3. Seeds that travel through the water
  4. Blood changes the color of fruits
  5. A small frog, a large water connection
  6. A little bird that dives
  7. The otter wears the scuba suit
  8. A mole connected to the current
  9. A mussel starts by traveling with a fish
  10. A lizard between the sun and the humidity
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Revolving plate and tracks from the old Arco de Baúlhe station, with buildings and railway equipment at the bottom.
Arco de Baúlhe station and surrounding. This photograph contextualizes the museum; it does not identify the site or plans of the 2016 program.© JP Ribeiroⓘ
8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

Plants also count places

A roundabout, a square, a school plantation, the season and the fields: eight readings about choices and memories of the landscape of Cabeceiras. Compare the ginkgo and the metasequoia and follow the changes of flowers, leaves and uses of the gardens. News keep their dates.

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  1. Three cork oaks give a clue to the name
  2. Spring also passes through the square
  3. A tree with fan leaves
  4. A conifer who undresses in the fall
  5. An orange tree by the memory of the tracks
  6. A bed to learn from the senses
  7. The fruit also gained place in the park
  8. Olives, cork oaks and vineyards
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Elongated and green olive leaf, with light central ribbedness and other leaves at the bottom.
Olive leaf photographed in Stutensee, Germany, in 2011. Botanical illustration; it is not a record of Cabeceiras. This frame does not show the two faces of the same leaf.
Photography: H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
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7 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

A walk with another look

Seven readings to move from interpretation spaces to small details of nature: moss, wings, aquatic insects, leaves and wood. Explore links and observation proposals; it is a reading sequence, without mandatory itinerary or promise of sightings.

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  1. A green space can also teach
  2. A first meeting in Moinhos de Rei
  3. A little carpet full of life
  4. The inn wings give a clue
  5. Small shelters underwater
  6. One leaf, two faces
  7. A log can be a small house
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Long, dark, light-stained pen held by the base.
Noitibo-European · Photography: João Lima
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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5 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

Between light and humidity

From the glow of insects to the shadow of forests: five readings to see how living beings relate to the environment. Sources distinguish general biology and local records.

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  1. A Light Bringing a Message
  2. At nightfall, a bird looks like an insect
  3. The thimble likes the banks of the forest
  4. A little carpet full of life
  5. More water is not always better
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Small specimen with green leaves by a log.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
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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.

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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.

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  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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Revolving plate and tracks from the old Arco de Baúlhe station, with buildings and railway equipment at the bottom.
Former station Arco de Baúlhe · railway heritage© JP Ribeiroⓘ
10 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 8 MIN

The Tâmega line tells stories

From the Arch station to the lighting, signalling, maintenance and transport parts of the mail: ten readings on the railway memory and the passage from station to museum. The chips distinguish the documented places of the objects whose use was not located.

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  1. One line took forty years to arrive
  2. Before the train, the tiles arrived
  3. A station in the light of oil
  4. A place in the third class
  5. The last light told a story
  6. A gas engine on the rails
  7. A little tin would help take care of the train.
  8. A season that also flourished
  9. The mail also traveled by train
  10. The train stopped, the memory stayed
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Small specimen with green leaves by a log.
Freixo · Photography: João Lima
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Registration in the municipality of . One of the species addressed on this route.

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6 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Plants that tell water stories

Six stories to compare wet meadows, slow water and margin forests. Opens the scheme of environments, distinguishes folioli leaves and follows seeds and fruits. Photos of the ash and the water-blood document meetings in Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas: observes the leaves and separates what the image shows from what the botany explains.

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  1. A reed tells a story of moisture
  2. Some plants prefer water slowly
  3. Seeds that travel through the water
  4. A fruit with a wing
  5. A willow, many possibilities
  6. Blood changes the color of fruits
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Lobated leaves of a small black oak among dry vegetation.
Black oak · Photography: João Lima
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9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 11 MIN

The green also has calendar

Nine stories to accompany leaves, flowers and fruits throughout the year. Compare local photographs of black oak, medronho and mistletoe with the descriptions of its cycles. Draw contours, look for clues and discover what a single station photograph leaves unaccounted for.

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  1. Looks like a leaf, but it's a branch
  2. An oak tree can keep dried leaves
  3. The laurel has more than leaves
  4. Flowers and fruits in the same branch
  5. Not all flowers arrive in the spring
  6. White flowers, small red fruits
  7. A tree of light bark
  8. Not all leaves sting the same way
  9. A tree, several visitors
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

From the mountains to the valley, a landscape with life

Eight stories link relief, forests, forests, fields and seasons. Follows on paper the water flowing to the river and compares the landscape with the changes of the year. It is a guided reading, not a walking itinerary.

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  1. From the mountain to the valley, the map changes height
  2. The forest also has a history
  3. Medroneiro, carqueja and tojo
  4. Olives, cork oaks and vineyards
  5. The river also helps explain the fields
  6. The river begins before the shore
  7. A landscape needs connections
  8. The landscape has a rhythm of rain and heat
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Oak green leaf with margin cut into visible wolves and ribs, still connected to the branch.
Leaf of Quercus robur photographed near Hollenstein, in the forest of Hollabrunn, Austria, in 2025. Illustration of the species; it is not a record of Cabeceiras nor identifies the broteroan subspecies.
Photography: Stefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
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9 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 11 MIN

Trees: from leaves to fruits

Nine readings to find out how trees grow, bear fruit and enter people's lives. Compare leaves, cork and wood, open the schemes of the chestnut and the cranberry and observe the layers of a forest. In the end, it can continue to the table of Pedraça.

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  1. The forest also has a history
  2. A leaf drawn in waves
  3. What's hidden in the hedgehog?
  4. The cork begins in the tree
  5. Needles come in pairs
  6. A pine cone has small seed houses
  7. A blueberry is a small set
  8. A fruit with a wing
  9. A tree, several visitors
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Organ with tubes and golden cut, on carved figures and decorative faces.
View of the organ and the decoration that sustains it, photographed in 2016. The image does not determine which of the two organs is the mute.
Photography: Joseolgon · CC BY-SA 4.0
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8 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 7 MIN

Refojos: the various lives of the Monastery

Eight stories link the medieval community, the materials of the church, the cultivated fence and the new uses of the surroundings. Compares the organ, the choir and the Zimbabwe in the descriptions; follows the stream to the history of Casa do Tempo. Includes chronologies, photographs and activities.

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  1. A monastery older than certainty
  2. Between a monastery and a university
  3. Two organs, one of them mute
  4. Wood inside, glow outside
  5. Beyond the church, a cultivated land
  6. A little pagela kept a collective concern
  7. After the monks, other lives
  8. A stream in the history of Casa do Tempo
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6 HISTORIES · CERCA OF 6 MIN

From the river to the mountains, the plants change

Water on the ground, exposure to the sun, shade on the edge and cold at altitude: six readings to compare the environments of the plants. From rosemary to alder, follow the relationships between soil, cultivation and landscape. No specimen location or proposed pedestrian path.

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  1. The oak also tells a story of water
  2. The cork oak doesn't climb the whole mountains
  3. Rosemary also interests bees
  4. Madresilva finds room on the edge
  5. The alder has partners in the roots
  6. A landscape needs connections
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