PHOTOGRAPHY
ROMANCE OF THE RICH MAN
Mountaineering Villages in the Beiras' Province
«Was an old rich man
twice married twice widowed.
Married a poor woman
he took great pride...»
Traditional
Sever do Vouga, Aveiro
Custilhão, Castro Daire
Moura Morta, Castro Daire
CÉLIA MATIAS (84) Moura Morta, Castro Daire
GUILHERME (80) and ILDA COSTA (78) Picão, Castro Daire
MATRIZ CHURCH Picão, Castro Daire
MATRIZ CHURCH Picão, Castro Daire
MATRIZ CHURCH Picão, Castro Daire
In the house of DIAMANTINO Mezio, Castro Daire
MATRIZ CHURCH Mezio, Castro Daire
MATRIZ CHURCH Mezio, Castro Daire
CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF ANTAS Mezio, Castro Daire
JOAQUINA BRÍGIDA (94) Mazes, Lamego
JOAQUINA BRÍGIDA (94) Mazes, Lamego
JOAQUINA BRÍGIDA (94) Mazes, Lamego
ADOZINDA Mazes, Lamego
IDALINA PAIVA Covas do Rio, S. Pedro do Sul
ANTÓNIO Jueus, Tondela
ANTÓNIO Jueus, Tondela
ANTÓNIO Jueus, Tondela
ANTÓNIO Jueus, Tondela
ANTÓNIO Jueus, Tondela
ANTÓNIO Jueus, Tondela
CARAMULO MOUNTAIN Tondela
ARADA MOUNTAIN S. Pedro do Sul
JOÃO and MARIA Covas do Monte, S. Pedro do Sul
JOÃO and MARIA Covas do Monte, S. Pedro do Sul
ALICE Covas do Monte, S. Pedro do Sul
ROMANCE OF THE RICH MAN
Anthony is 92 years old. He is deaf and mute and never married. Now he doesn’t have cows anymore to help pass the time.
He lives alone in Jueus, a small village in Caramulo mountain.
THROUGH THE PATHS WHICH KILLED THE LIVING ONE...
There was a time when there weren´t any graveyard in the small village of Pena, in the S. Pedro do Sul council, Viseu district. Anyone who died there, must be buried in Covas do Rio (just below Covas do Monte), to where the coffin had to be taken, whether people carried it or it was carried in a litter through a uphill path. People say that, one ill-fated day, in one of this trips one of the men who carried the coffin slipped and the coffin fell on top of him… So the frightful bypath was forever known as “the dead´s path that killed the living”.
Truth or just a folk-tale, the truth is that the story reflects perfectly the isolation that even nowadays people live in small villages. Villages in the majestic summits of Arada, S. Macário, Caramulo and Estrela Mountain range…
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