Salinas de Rio Maior, History of a Living Museum
The Rio Maior saltpans are a marvel of nature that has remained virtually unchanged since pre-Portuguese times.
A characteristic of culture is its capacity for cultural evolution to cope with changes in the environment.
The man managed to resist extreme cold climatic changes, not needing the body to adapt with more fat or more fur. He adapted, creating clothes, using fire and new rooms.
Cultural evolution is therefore faster than biological and will depend on the surrounding environment.
This makes culture as important as human biology. The loss of one of these cultural elements has an effect as devastating as the amputation of a biological physical element.
They come together in Culture, History, Art and the most diverse ways of being in life.
What can we know about Cultural Heritage, what to visit in Portugal or other places that we are discovering, giving knowledge and sharing our experience.
Monuments, museums, historic villages, traditional events, historical events, architecture, agriculture, among others.
Trips to discover the culture!
The Rio Maior saltpans are a marvel of nature that has remained virtually unchanged since pre-Portuguese times.
Visit to the Cromlech of Almendres near Évora, with more than one hundred menhirs, in Alentejo. A visit that shows us the history and mysticism of the prehistoric period in Portugal!
The issue of Olivença in dispute for over 200 years, between Portugal and Spain, a list of recommendations on what to visit in Olivença.
In the deep Alentejo Arronches is the village that we propose to visit on a visit to Alto Alentejo. Some tips to start the tour and find out what to visit in Arronches.
Praça do Comércio, known as Terreiro do Paço in royal times, is a square along the Tagus River in downtown Lisbon.
The strategy that led Portugal to the adventure of discovering new paths and maritime routes, to increase trade until the minting of the first global currency, the Portuguese