VN Barquinha - Castelo de Almourol ERASMUS+
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.27 mi
- Elevation gain
- 223 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 269 ft
- Max elevation
- 242 ft
- TrailRank
- 42
- Min elevation
- 58 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 78
- Uploaded
- January 27, 2022
near Vila Nova da Barquinha, Santarém (Portugal)
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Waypoint
115 ft
Sophia painting and and VN Barquinha history
Here in Barquinha we can discover public art along the paths of the Artejo project. Not too far from our school (D. Maria II) there is a wall with a painting called Sophia. The name Artejo is the combination of the word art and Tejo, the river that passes by our town. Artejo is an artistic project within the community, promoted in partnership with Fundação EDP and the Municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha and is part of a national program oriented to low-density territories, as an instrument of social inclusion. There are 11 places with art throughout the council of vila nova da Barquinha. Vhils, Manuel João Vieira, Violant and Carlos Vicente were the authors of the 11 public art including Sophia. Violant, the author of Sophia explains that he wanted represent wisdom and the name came from ancient Greek Sophistes, since this street art is close to do the school. Nothing better to represent Wisdom as a woman worrier, that looks you straight in the eyes with confidence and strength. This Goddess is surrounded by grey skies with dark clouds and protected by a roll of papyrus paper that represents the fragility of knowledge. In the paper we can read poems of two of our greatest writer of all time Fernando Pessoa and José Saramago.
Waypoint
88 ft
World War I memorial
In Barquinha there was a camp that played an important role in the preparation of Portuguese troops during the First World War, which took place between 1914-1918. The end of the First World War is celebrated on November 11th. This conflict killed thousands of soldiers between 1914 and 1918 and some of them from Barquinha. They are remembered by the Monument Of The Unknown Soldier. Here are the remains of António Gonçalves Curado, the first portuguese soldier killed by enemy troops in Flanders. Every year the army has a small ceremony here.
Waypoint
85 ft
Vertigo painting
A total 11 works of art from Alexandre Farto (Vhils), Carlos Vicente, Manuel João Vieira and Violant cia be found around VN da Barquinha.
Waypoint
75 ft
Barquinha Parque and local traditions
The Barquinhense nautical club is located in Vila Nova da Barquinha, it has 2 main canoeing modalities: the slalom and the speed. They are practiced in Tejo river and Zêzere river. The club has between 30 and 40 athletes and some of them compete internationally. In Portugal is known for its traditional music, fado, and its tiles of all kinds, we have many typical and delicious foods such as the desert called pastel de nata or pastel de Belém. We also have the Portuguese stew or cozido à portuguesa, and in a town close to ours in Almeirim we have a traditional soup called sopa da pedra. we also have a famous wine - Porto as the name implies is a wine from another great Portuguese city, Porto, last but not least one of the most famous fish here is codfish. In Vila Nova da Barquinha every year on the 13th of June there is a great fair its name is Feira do Tejo, where everyone can talk, eat, drink and meet their friends. There are some small businesses selling clothes and other things, in addition we have folklore shows.
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74 ft
Agricultural area/Culturas agrícolas
Vila Nova da Barquinha has a good thing, a lot of plant life and still has quite a bit but not as much as in the past due to the pollution and deforestation that every area on the world. I am going to talk about the main types of trees in the area. The most commons are stone pine trees, then maritime pine trees and lastly willows but there are a bunch more other types like olive trees.
Waypoint
68 ft
Tancos
This painting is called Noah the Boatman. The artists were Violant and Carlos Vicente This painting talks about the importance of boatmen, who connect the two shores. The objective was also to pass a message of union between all animals.
Waypoint
144 ft
Windmill
A windmill is a mechanism that uses wind energy to move other equipment, such as a grain grinder, a water pump or even to produce electricity. In the windmill in Tancos, wind energy was used to grind cereals, reducing them to flour. With this flour they used to make bread.
Waypoint
48 ft
Almourol Castle
The Almourol Castle was part of the Tajo line of defense at the reconquest time. At the 13th century the fort was already there and was called Al-moloran. Sir Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, conquered the castle and gave it to the Templar Order. Lord Gualdim Pais made deep improvements, concluded in 1171. The main purpose of the Templars was to protect the Christian pilgrims to Jerusalém. Their Knights were poor and few but notorious as the terror of muslims. In 1312 Clement, the pope, dissolved the Order. In Portugal, all their possessions were transmitted to the (new) Christ Order. The castle lost its importance and got changed.
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