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Article by Isabel Maria
Across the country, from north to south and on the islands, There are factories that open doors, machines that return to work and stories that return to tell – This is industrial tourism.
The 4th edition of the national initiative “Discovering Industrial Tourism”, a singular trip because of knowing Portuguese - and the 19 of April. Organized by the Portuguese Network of Industrial Tourism, This proposal invites you to look at the territory from your productive heritage: Factory, the mines, the mills, the crafts and the processes they did-and still do-Portugal move. But of course many of the visits can be made throughout the year.
Museum of Lanitus of the University of Beira Interior
Roots Tourism, Identity Experiences
For two weeks, The country has become a living stage of discoveries. From visits to Labor Factories to industrial museums, passing by Creative Workshops , interpretive path, are dozens of proposals that reveal the productive DNA of each region.
In the Azores, the art of Scrimshaw And it is in direct about the memory of the whaling industry. In Alentejo, Dance in Aljustrel mine galleries and learns to make a rattle with a master - Craft recognized by UNESCO as an immaterial cultural heritage. No Algarve, There are cork workshops, Experiences in Salt Minas and Picnics in Olival. And in the center, Textile factories, Oil Oil and Museums connected to the glass, to ceramics and metallurgy reveal new ways to visit (and value) Our production.
The diversity of proposals is surprising. And there are programs designed for everyone: families, schools, Passionate about design, Curious for processes, heritage photographers or simply travelers attentive to what each place has to show.
Produce is culture
Portugal has a long and rich production history, and this initiative is one of the smartest and most sensitive ways to make it visible and accessible. Visit a factory, Listen to the stories of those who work in it, Realize how the clay, FUND THE GLASS, the wool is transformed or extracted salt - it is also to know the country better and its communities.
This is a form of tourism with purpose. A tourism that values the territory, that activates the collective memory and that connects the visitor to the process - to the gesture, to the technique, to the raw material and the transformation.
And it's not just nostalgia. Industrial tourism is, today, one Emerging Pillar in the Portuguese Tourism Offer, capable of generating economy, identity and innovation from what we are and know how to do.
Still goes in time
A few days left to the end of this edition (ends already to 19 of April), But there is still a lot to see, live and discover. The activities are spread across the country, Many with free admission or symbolic prices, and most require only previous marking. If you want to know where to go, consult Full official agenda here And on our visiting map you can also discover some more.
To sharpen your taste we select 5 Visits, one of each region that contains the agenda, but you can visit throughout the year. Because what Portugal does well, It deserves to be lived.
And visit, share! Portugal is well accompanied this initiative and supports the appreciation of everything that reveals the productive side, creative and authentic of Portugal.
Northern region
Wool house – Basto Land Museum
Wool house is located in the parish of Bucos. There are looms, wool and space for the conviviality of ten women, which, for taste, all 5.The fairs in the afternoon gather to get the conversation up to date and to dedicate themselves to wool - wash, dry, sketch, card, Emannels, spin, sock, good, roll, weave and knit.
Em 2010 The Cabeceiras de Basto City Council invited designer Helena Cardoso to develop work with these women, resulting in a set of new parts of contemporary line (where in some works already uses industrial wool), but keeping tradition in the way.
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central region
Secla, Export and ceramic society: Contemporary inheritance
The visit to Give the secla stacks, presented in Ceramic museum, Provides a route through the works of this emblematic ceramic industry of Caldas da Rainha.
This week of industrial tourism, The invitation of course: dive into the history of one of the most iconic Portuguese ceramic industries - Secla, Export and ceramic society of the Queen's Caldas. Visiting, integrated into the Ceramic museum, makes known the collections of this legendary brand and proposes a narrative path where memories cross, artistic processes and expressions that marked generations.
Of bold shapes to vibrant colors, from export times to artistic innovation, This is a trip through the inheritances that Secla has left - and today they continue to inspire Portuguese contemporary ceramic.
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Lisbon Region
Alburrica Moation Heritage Route
From the Small tide mill, and after an initial explanation of contextualization, A trip through the walkways begins, Accompanied by the landscape of the tide and windmills, culminating with a visit to the Alburrica Rising Windmill. This circuit allows to explore and understand the history of the mills that make up the Barreirense Moacrense Heritage
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Because what Portugal does well, It deserves to be lived.
Alentejo region
A trip to the heart of Pedra do Alentejo
O Tour for Málmore It is a unique experience that allows you to follow the complete course of this noble raw material-from its geological origin to its artistic expression. At noon, We traveled through three distinct steps from the marble cycle: extraction, Transformation and Application, Knowing the story inside, the technique and impact of this activity that shaped Vila Viçosa - physically and culturally.
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Learn more about such adventures in our Map of industrial tourism visits.