Soajo village is famous for its communitarian threshing-ground constituted by 24 stone granaries (espigueiros in portuguese) standing on granite. The most ancient one goes back to 1782. These granite monuments were built at a time when corn started being grown on a regular basis and they were used for the protection of cereal from storms and rodents. Part of these granaries are still used by the villagers.
The Soajo village is a structured settlement made up of granite houses that are characteristic in mountain regions.
The houses are set beside narrow lanes, just wide enough for ox-carts to get by, deeply rutted by the use throughout the centuries.
The rustic houses are distinguishable more by their ethnographic than by their architectural value, being built out of materials regionally available.
The cultural heritage without being exuberant and erudite, is an excellent repository of a humankind’s good relationship with nature.
While keeping, and maintaining their rural origins, the visitor may enjoy the quietude of the environment and the scenarios, the peacefulness and the rural folk’s tunes.
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EM530 181, Eira Vedra |
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Lat: 41.872431 Long:-8.262188 |
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Parking near the granaries (Espigueiros) |