Orada changed from summit to valley
The same mountain could reveal different landscapes.
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In the account of 1758, Orada has a stony summit with few trees, described as harsh and cold. On its lower slopes, the scene changes: chestnuts, oaks, vines trained up trees, olive oil and cereals enter the description.
The vicar places residents in the lower areas near the valley, not on the mountain top. Altitude, settlement and cultivation help us read the whole picture. This is the written portrait of that year, not a survey of today’s vegetation.
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♪ Shepherding on the high ground ♪
The portrait of 1758 adds cattle to the uses of the highlands.
The Orada was also a land of shepherding →Water saved for the fields
Springs and prey help to understand how water was sought to water.
Store water coming from the hill →A pantry of various cereals
The document lists products without assigning each crop to a parcel.
In the fields, there was more than corn →Another reading of Orada and Petimão
The municipal presentation places the mountain and river in the landscape of Passos.
A mountains and a river to situate Passos →
Source and context
Municipality — Memory of Alvite, 23/05/1758; transcription of José Viriato Chapel (2003)
Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.