
Quarries: a fascinating (and photographable) universe
October 16, 2019 5:24 pm Leave your thoughtsQuarries are cinematographic places, beige tonalities of stone contrasting with the vigorous blue of the sky and the greenish tones... View Article
Quarries are cinematographic places, beige tonalities of stone contrasting with the vigorous blue of the sky and the greenish tones... View Article
Popular language and idiomatic expressions allow academic disciplines such as Anthropology, History and Linguistics to collect useful insights into a... View Article
Formed about 500 million years ago in the Douro quarries, shale — a commonly used name for an array of... View Article
In an area of the Maciço Calcário Estremenho, located in the Serra de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park, remnants of... View Article
In Portugal, calçada (cobblestone pavements) began to be implemented in the 15th Century. It was also during this time that... View Article
Close to a place called Castanheira in the Freita mountain range of the Arouca region in Portugal, there is a... View Article
Stone extraction in Portugal has a long history. Dating back to the Roman Empire, it was used to build important... View Article
The animals that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago are now extinct, having left behind a record of their... View Article
Standing as enormous open excavations, stone quarries are undoubtedly impressive sites that fascinate us with their monumental characteristics. Their size... View Article