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.

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1. Crafts and memoriesWool for mountain lifeFrom raising sheep to making warm clothing: the story of wool.Read this story
2. Crafts and memoriesThe wool of Bucos also travels by the hands of those who teachPreserving a trade includes showing it to other people.Read this story
3. The flavours of CabeceirasThree cereals in the same landscapeThe storeroom of Bucos did not depend on one grain.Read this story
4. Between rivers and mountainsTwo rivers lost their nameThe water connected the mountains, the mills and the fields.Read this story
5. Time travelA small bridge, a long wayMarried was in the way of a lot of people.Read this story
6. Crafts and memoriesThe letters came from somewhere elseReceiving news also implied distance.Read this story
7. Time travelA chapel shortened the distanceIn Casares, getting to church was a practical matter.Read this story
8. Time travelGold and red in churchThe document also kept the colors.Read this story