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The historical quarry of pena (Vila Real, north of Portugal): Associated cultural heritage and reuse as a geotourism resource

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  • Freire-Lista, David M.
  • Becerra Becerra, J.E.
  • Simões de Abreu, Mila

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Stone created and still creates cultural heritage in landscapes, villages and cities all over the world. Granite was and still is a crucial building stone in Galicia-North Portugal Euroregion. Ancient quarries, forms of extraction and buildings built with it are a heritage we should safeguard. This work details a practical case of sustainable use of a granite historical quarry in Pena (Vila Real, North Portugal). A geotourism itinerary would bring new life to this abandoned quarry. A proposed route connects the quarry with the main buildings and monuments built with its granite in the nearby city of Vila Real. It envisages an eighteen-stop tour of the buildings and monuments built with Pena granite. The proposal includes a geotourism excursion through this impressive quarry, which forms an open-air geological museum.

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  • Freire-Lista, David M. & Becerra Becerra, J.E. & Simões de Abreu, Mila, 2022. "The historical quarry of pena (Vila Real, north of Portugal): Associated cultural heritage and reuse as a geotourism resource," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:75:y:2022:i:c:s0301420721005353
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102528
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