This exhibition shows the several stages of stonework. It shows the oldest and most traditional tools used by stone workers throughout several operations, ando also its innovations, leading to its replacement with machinery. The pictures showing this process reveal the skills and techniques used to shape the stone or to create the aesthetics of the stone, and it shows important marks of the evolution of the stone work in Portugal. Some of the most important innovations that stand out are those that symbolise the stone industry itself, which was until then limited by the human and animal energy. Urgent questions about the way to develop the man relationship with stone are also presented . these questions of today raise other questions about tomorrow.
The Castelo Branco Environmental Interpretation Centre is dedicated to the Natural Parque of the International Tejo (PNTI), one of the most important protected areas of the the Naturtejo Geopark, also classified as a Biosphere Reserve. This ...
A colossal granite giant rises abruptly over the vast plain of Castelo Branco, reaching 1227 m high. Surrounded by a pine forest ring up to 800 m, its bare peaks resemble ruined castle. These accumulations of granite morphologies are freque ...
The Ponsul’s Fault is a large tectonic structure, a scar that crosses the territory of the Naturtejo Geopark, from Termas de Monfortinho to Nisa. Its origin dates back around 300 million years ago, when the continents were approaching to fo ...
