The edition and sale of 250 copies of the book will be reversed in favor of the families of the victims of the collapse of the old Royal Road
This project is about the former "Estrada Real", which was the link between Borba and Vila Viçosa and whose section collapsed last November 2018.
The document to be published contains relevant facts about the use of this path for centuries, before the industrial development of the twentieth century, which profoundly altered the landscape.
The description of these episodes, reported in several chronicles and documents of the nineteenth century, indicates to us that this was a privileged way, used by Kings and Queens, as well as for commercial transactions. This work contains some images and maps of the XVII, XVIII and XIX century, in which the road is highlighted as the fundamental axis in the communication between the two localities.
It can be an important argument in the defense of the requalification of this route, pointing to the tourist use of this unique landscape.
The research highlights the fact that various issues can be analyzed on the need to safeguard a road associated with a very relevant heritage for the area of marble.
The objective is to advance to the edition and sale of 250 copies, making the profits of this operation revert to the families of the victims.
About the author
TIAGO SALGUEIRO
Was born in Évora in 1975.
Graduated in Anthropology from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon and Master in Museology from the University of Évora. He was a Fellow at the Bourguiba Institute of Modern Languages at the University of Tunis (Tunisia), through the Camões Institute in 1997 and at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Cadiz (Spain) under the Erasmus program in 1998. In 2002, participated in the Heritage and Museology Course, within the scope of the Program of Actions of the Library and Reading Service of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
He completed the Specialization Course on "Good Cultural Management Practices", promoted by the Institute of Art History of the New University of Lisbon in 2010. He holds a Diploma in Patrimony Management by ILAM - Latin American Institute of Museums, accredited in 2017. June 2018, the Executive Education Program in Cultural Heritage Management, at the NOVA School of Business & Economics, a pioneering training in the area of heritage management, with a final classification of 19 values.
He has held the position of Senior Technician at the Casa Museu de Bragança since 2006.
Author of the works "From Japan to Alentejo - The Japanese Embassy Tenshö in Vila Viçosa in the year 1584", edited by Chiado Editora in 2012, with the support of Vila Viçosa City Council; "Fortifications from the 15th of Vila Viçosa", by the Foundation of the House of Bragança and the novel "The Doubt, in a transformed feeling" by Chiado Editora, both in the year of 2014.
In 2015, through the PPL, it publishes the book "VILA VIÇOSA - Ideas for the Future", an initiative related to the tourist and cultural development of the locality. In the year of 2016, he publishes the work "Calipolis Notables - A Trip for the History of Vila Viçosa", a project about the personalities that stood out in the arts and letters.
Budget and due dates
The budget presented intends to reach the value for the publication of 250 copies of the work (value of 1800 euros) and which includes the work of revision of the text, graphic design, cover and printing and the PPL commission.
Schedule
February 2019 - Delivery of materials in the graphic
February 2019 - Review of text, cover and graphics
February 2019 - Dissemination of the project
March 2019 - Presentation of the work
March 2019 - Delivery of the values obtained to the families of the victims
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