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The Moliceiros Boats, Aveiro Lagoon and Channels

The Moliceiros Boats, Aveiro Lagoon and Channels

The harvesting of seaweed was another of activities that characterize the lagoon of life, whose landscape was painted by colorful and features typical boats of this activity, moliceiros. The seaweed is formed by aquatic plants that form in the submerged bed of the lagoon and it was used as a fertilizer on agricultural land margins. […]

Casa Gafanhoa Museum, in Ílhavo

Casa Gafanhoa Museum, in Ílhavo

The House of Gafanhoa, constructed in the late 20s of the twentieth century, is an ancient dwelling farmers, restored and converted into the Municipal Museum November 11, 2000, currently managed by the Ethnographic Group of Gafanha of Nazareth. Inside, there is a very strong testimony of the rural livelihoods of the city population, closely related […]

The Ship Museum Santo André, in Ílhavo

The Ship Museum Santo André, in Ílhavo

The Ship Museum Santo André is a Ílhavo Maritime Museum. He was part of the Portuguese fleet of cod and is intended to illustrate the drag arts. This side trawler (or “classic”) was born in 1948 in the Netherlands by order of Aveiro Fishing Company. It was a modern ship, with 71.40 meters long and […]

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