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Reception | Grupo D, Borralha
Central point of the entire mining village, recently museum. Its buildings have had several uses over the years, especially the bakery and cinema. In this area, a vertical (double) winch was built in 1941 to extract crude ore, with two mine entrances, integrated into a masonry and stone façade. In addition to these mine entrances, a one-storey building for the bakery, for confection and sale of bread, with two ovens and an imposing brick chimney was originally built in 1939-1940. The bakery building had an annex for storage. In front of bakery building in the 1940s, another one was built, also one floor, bordering the river, destined to the office of group D and tooling. The remaining area of the bakery building itself was, in the early 1980s, adapted to the headquarters of the local sports group, with a bar for public use. The building bordering the river, destined to the office of group D and tooling was, over the years, undergoing extensions, having been used for office and technical support services area to the group D, to house some personnel connected to the Professional School, for the headquarters of the unions, for various collections and other purposes.
CHARACTERISTICS
LOCATION
Address: Rua Central n. 10
City: Borralha
Postal Code: 5470 - 407
Telephone: 276009141
Email: minasborralha@ecomuseu.org
Website: http://www.ecomuseu.org
City: Borralha
Postal Code: 5470 - 407
Telephone: 276009141
Email: minasborralha@ecomuseu.org
Website: http://www.ecomuseu.org
FUNCTIONING
Weekly Schedule:
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
From 13:00:00 to -.
From 18:00:00 to -.
Weekend and Holidays Schedule:
From 10:00:00 to 13:00:00.
From 14:00:00 to 18:00:00.
Exceptions:
-
Paid Entry:
0€
Discount Policy:
-
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
From 13:00:00 to -.
From 18:00:00 to -.
Weekend and Holidays Schedule:
From 10:00:00 to 13:00:00.
From 14:00:00 to 18:00:00.
Exceptions:
-
Paid Entry:
0€
Discount Policy:
-
ORGANISATION OF THE VISIT
The visit to this Point does not require prior booking and can be done individually.
Specific Conditions:
-
Method:
-
Difficulty Level:
-
Group Visits:
Yes
Minimum Number of Person per group:
3
Maximum Number of Person per group:
30
Observations:
If the group exceeds the referred number it will be divided into two or more.
Guided Tours:
Yes
Observations:
-
Specific Conditions:
-
Method:
-
Difficulty Level:
-
Group Visits:
Yes
Minimum Number of Person per group:
3
Maximum Number of Person per group:
30
Observations:
If the group exceeds the referred number it will be divided into two or more.
Guided Tours:
Yes
Observations:
-
EXISTING EQUIPMENT
MUSEUM / INTERPRETATION CENTER
Museum / Interpretation Center History:
-
Activity Program:
-
Study and Research Unit:
-
Audiovisual and Multimedia Resources:
-
Volunteering Programs:
-
-
Activity Program:
-
Study and Research Unit:
-
Audiovisual and Multimedia Resources:
-
Volunteering Programs:
-
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
Activity Description:
During the month of July, the interpretive center of the mines of Borralha offers several activities for all children who are interested in participating.
Target Audience:
Children from 6 to 15
Activity Cost:
0€
Weekly Schedule:
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
From 00:00:00 to 00:00:00.
From 14:00:00 to 17:00:00.
Weekend and Holidays Schedule:
From 00:00:00 to 00:00:00.
From 00:00:00 to 00:00:00.
Exceptions:
Prior marking is required
Observations:
É necessária inscrição prévia.
During the month of July, the interpretive center of the mines of Borralha offers several activities for all children who are interested in participating.
Target Audience:
Children from 6 to 15
Activity Cost:
0€
Weekly Schedule:
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
From 00:00:00 to 00:00:00.
From 14:00:00 to 17:00:00.
Weekend and Holidays Schedule:
From 00:00:00 to 00:00:00.
From 00:00:00 to 00:00:00.
Exceptions:
Prior marking is required
Observations:
É necessária inscrição prévia.
EXTERNAL SUPPORT
TRANSPORT
Type of Transport:
T. Rodoviário
Agency Name:
Transdev
Telephone Number:
253662226
Parking for private vehicles:
Yes
T. Rodoviário
Agency Name:
Transdev
Telephone Number:
253662226
Parking for private vehicles:
Yes
SITES OF TOURISTIC INTEREST
Ecomuseu de Barroso - Casa do Capitão
Housed in an old manor house, which belonged to the village captain, representative of authority and power at the local level, this pole of the Ecomuseu de Barroso in Salto represents some of the most emblematic traditional activities. In this space were collected, treated and inventoried more than a thousand pieces. These, donated by the inhabitants of the parish, gave rise to an ethnographic pole, which allows a visit to what would be a typical barrosã house.
gps: 41.638427 -7.944793
distance: 6km
Ecomuseu de Barroso - Vezeira e a Serra
Denominated "Vezeira e Serra", this interpretive center located in Fafião, aims to promote the territory inserted in the National Park of Peneda-Gerês. The aim of this project is to stimulate the economics, with the creation of a balance between pastoral and tourist activity. With the creation of thematic route, it will be possible for the tourists to have contact with the shepherds' huts, the lagoons, the corrals, the wineries and the mills.
gps: 41.70059 -8.090666
distance: 22km
Ecomuseu de Barroso - Espaço Padre Fontes
The headquarters of the Ecomuseu de Barroso is installed in the surroundings of the castle of Montalegre. It concentrates the functions of an organizational nature, with a view to the dynamization and management of the "living museum". Simultaneously, it serves as a gateway to the identity of a region - Barroso -, valuing what it has of the most authentic and genuine: population and heritage, without neglecting the preservation of technical knowledge, local knowledge and formation of values.
gps: 41.82538 -7.791367
distance: 38km
Old church of Salto
The ancient Mother Church of Salto, is a romantic moth building. It is possible to see vestiges of the necropolis of medieval times, testimonies of the old practice of burying the parishioners in the surrounding churchyard. Inside are the statues of Our Lady of Sorrow and of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira.
gps: 41.639397 -7.94525
distance: 5km
Misarela bridge
Also known as the Devil's Bridge, Misarela Bridge is located on the river Rabagão in the parish of Ferral. It was built in the Middle Ages and rebuilt in the early 19th century.
gps: 41.694794 -8.019601
distance: 16km
Housed in an old manor house, which belonged to the village captain, representative of authority and power at the local level, this pole of the Ecomuseu de Barroso in Salto represents some of the most emblematic traditional activities. In this space were collected, treated and inventoried more than a thousand pieces. These, donated by the inhabitants of the parish, gave rise to an ethnographic pole, which allows a visit to what would be a typical barrosã house.
gps: 41.638427 -7.944793
distance: 6km
Ecomuseu de Barroso - Vezeira e a Serra
Denominated "Vezeira e Serra", this interpretive center located in Fafião, aims to promote the territory inserted in the National Park of Peneda-Gerês. The aim of this project is to stimulate the economics, with the creation of a balance between pastoral and tourist activity. With the creation of thematic route, it will be possible for the tourists to have contact with the shepherds' huts, the lagoons, the corrals, the wineries and the mills.
gps: 41.70059 -8.090666
distance: 22km
Ecomuseu de Barroso - Espaço Padre Fontes
The headquarters of the Ecomuseu de Barroso is installed in the surroundings of the castle of Montalegre. It concentrates the functions of an organizational nature, with a view to the dynamization and management of the "living museum". Simultaneously, it serves as a gateway to the identity of a region - Barroso -, valuing what it has of the most authentic and genuine: population and heritage, without neglecting the preservation of technical knowledge, local knowledge and formation of values.
gps: 41.82538 -7.791367
distance: 38km
Old church of Salto
The ancient Mother Church of Salto, is a romantic moth building. It is possible to see vestiges of the necropolis of medieval times, testimonies of the old practice of burying the parishioners in the surrounding churchyard. Inside are the statues of Our Lady of Sorrow and of D. Nuno Álvares Pereira.
gps: 41.639397 -7.94525
distance: 5km
Misarela bridge
Also known as the Devil's Bridge, Misarela Bridge is located on the river Rabagão in the parish of Ferral. It was built in the Middle Ages and rebuilt in the early 19th century.
gps: 41.694794 -8.019601
distance: 16km
ASSOCIATED ROUTES
Wolfram Route
The history of the twentieth century is deeply marked by the arms race and the two World Wars that ravaged the European continent. During this period, the race for wolfram assumes high importance and remains large-scale until the late 1950s. Portugal emerges as the largest European producer of this mineral, benefiting from the richness of its geological resources, multiplying a little throughout the country the mining explorations that profoundly mark the evolution of the local landscape and economy. With the reduction in demand for this mineral from the middle of the century and the emergence of new producing markets, interest in wolfram in Portugal has declined, leading to the abandonment of explorations. The structures of this golden period of mining in Portugal remain in the landscape, still marking the regions that surround them.
The history of the twentieth century is deeply marked by the arms race and the two World Wars that ravaged the European continent. During this period, the race for wolfram assumes high importance and remains large-scale until the late 1950s. Portugal emerges as the largest European producer of this mineral, benefiting from the richness of its geological resources, multiplying a little throughout the country the mining explorations that profoundly mark the evolution of the local landscape and economy. With the reduction in demand for this mineral from the middle of the century and the emergence of new producing markets, interest in wolfram in Portugal has declined, leading to the abandonment of explorations. The structures of this golden period of mining in Portugal remain in the landscape, still marking the regions that surround them.
SUGGESTIONS OF THE ROUTE- OTHER NEARBY PLACES TO VISIT
Wolfram Museum of Cerva
Over the centuries, mining has been an important activity within the territory that composes the actual municipality of Ribeira de Pena. Several tin mines reveal the extraction of this metal since the Antiquity. But it is the extraction of ...