In Faia, fruit matters too
Cherries, wine and olive oil help tell the story of this farming landscape.
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The municipal presentation highlights cherries in Faia’s farming and associates the parish with wine production. Cooperage, the craft of making wooden vessels, adds another dimension to this agricultural landscape.
In May 1758, the abbot described a greater abundance of wine, fruit and olive oil than of grain. The two sources bring different periods into view, but do not establish an exact continuity of crops: the older document speaks of fruit in general without identifying cherries. Comparing them reveals both what we know and what remains to be clarified.
From fruit to containers
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The supply of nearby Vila Nune
There was wine, but bread was bought →The hands that worked the wood
The wood also stores the wine →A container to serve olive oil
The olive oil also had tablepiece →
Source and context
Council — Faia
Accessed:
Municipality — Parish memories of Faia, 23/05/1758, transcript of José Viriato Chapel (2003)
Accessed:
Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.