Inter-municipal meeting to the implementation of megalithic routes in central Portugal

Megalithic monuments of the region have been visited by Daniela Hauf, responsible for the Council of Europe’s project entitled “Megalithic Routes”. Invited by Eon, Indústrias Criativas, Lda., this researcher presented the project in Viseu, on the 7th this month, in a meeting where the municipalities of Carregal do Sal, Moimenta da Beira, Nelas, Sever do Vouga, Tondela, Oliveira de Frades, Viseu and Vouzela were represented.

Started in 2011, this project is part of the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes and aims at the appreciation and disclosure of Europe’s megalithic heritage, the oldest manifestation of the European cultural identity. The objective of this initiative is the creation and promotion of local routes that may integrate this transnational project that already includes Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, England and Spain.

After the presentation, everyone were unanimous in considering this project crucial to the international projection of this important heritage from the Beira region as another potential development factor in the areas of tourism and culture. The next step will be the preparation of a document, to be elaborated by Eon, Lda. in articulation and collaboration with the municipalities and the Inter-municipal Communities, which will be submitted to “Megalithic Routes” before its next general meeting, to take place in Copenhagen in May 2016.