Photo exhibition “Viagem ao Algarve”

Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library, Rua 1º de maio, Alcoutim

The Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve (DRCAlg, presents, on September 8th, at 2:45 pm, at the Casa dos Condes – Carlos Brito Municipal Library – , in Alcoutim, the literary itinerary of Alcoutim, from the “Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve”. This moment will also be marked by the inauguration of the photographic exhibition “Viagem ao Algarve”, a project by the association 1/4 Escuro, Association of Amateur Photographers of Vila Real de Santo António (VRSA), supported by DRCAlg, and carried out in collaboration with the Fundação José Saramago, and the Algarve Tourism Board, which is now hosted by the Alcoutim City Council, as part of the Alcoutim Municipal Festivities celebrations.

The “Viagem ao Algarve” exhibition has already toured Vila Real de Santo António, Castro Marim, Lepe (Huelva), Olhão and Tavira, and will cover all the municipalities that make up the “Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve”.

These projects are an opportunity to make known a territory that has inspired several writers, namely the places, monuments, landscapes, flavors and people, but also to promote the Algarve as a destination for literary tourism.

The motto for creating the itineraries, the so-called “Saramago Literary Route in the Algarve”, was the desire to reflect on the territory: if that was the Algarve seen, in 1980, by José Saramago, what will the Algarve look like now? Seen through the eyes of author Diego Mesa. The challenge for the photographers participating in the project was to visit the aforementioned Algarve municipalities and be inspired, photographically, by the texts written by José Saramago during his visit to the Algarve. The photographer from the Algarve, André Boto, distinguished by the FEP – Federation of Professional European Photographers as “European Photographer of the Year” in 2023, participates in the project with Silves’ photography and with the editing of the remaining photographs selected for the exhibition.

Rogério Neves painting exhibition

Casa dos Condes, Alcoutim

Monday to Friday, except holidays

9.30 a.m — 1.00 p.m. | 2.p.m. — 5.00 p.m.

Exhibition “Aqueducts of Portugal: Water and Heritage”, by Pedro Inácio

Casa dos Condes, Alcoutim

Monday to Friday, except holidays

9:30 am — 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm — 5:00 pm

The exhibition includes photographs that result from the photographic survey, started in 2007, by the museologist Pedro Inácio, within the scope of the research work that culminated in the publication of the book “Patrimóvel Cultural da Água-Roteiro de Aquedutos” edited, in 2021, by the City Council de Mafra and institutionally supported by the National Commission of UNESCO and by the Water Museum of EPAL.

Through this exhibition, we travel through one of the most relevant testimonies of our historical and cultural heritage, highlighting the importance of these ancient gravity water supply systems, of which the Conímbriga aqueduct, built during the Roman Empire, in the 1st century AD, stands out, as well as as some hydraulic works classified as World Heritage (namely in Elvas, Évora, Mafra and Tomar).

Pedro Inácio was born in Lisbon, has a degree in Historical Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Museology and Heritage and is currently a Museologist and Conservator of the EPAL Water Museum.

From May 3 to 10, the Religious Art Museum is closed to the public.

We thank you for your understanding and invite you to visit the other museums of the Alcoutim Municipal Museum.

On April 24th, the Commemoration of April 25th, 2023 continues, with a more pedagogical action; guided tours to the “Carlos Brito – life and work” exhibition for primary school students.

We recall that the aforementioned exhibition is open to the public at Praça da República, in Alcoutim, to commemorate the life and work of Carlos Alfredo de Brito, in its political, social and literary facets, and was inaugurated on February 11th, by his 90th anniversary.

The Municipality of Alcoutim starts next Saturday, April 22nd, the commemoration program for the 49th anniversary of the Revolução dos Cravos. To mark this event, the municipality has prepared several initiatives:

• April 22nd, 21:30 – Theater and Music Show “Café Boate Chiado 74”, which aims to portray the dawn of April 25, 1974 in Lisbon, in the Chiado district. The show is free to enter, at Espaço Guadiana in Alcoutim.
• April 24th, 10:00 am – Guided Tours by Basic Education Students to the Exhibition “Carlos Brito – Life and Work”, at Praça da República.
• April 25th , 10:00 am – Official celebrations of the 49th anniversary of the 25th of April with its own program that can be consulted here.

The date in question also marks the start of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April, for which the municipality is developing a project on the theme “Freedom”, consisting of various actions to be developed in the 2023-2024 biennium.

The Commemoration of April 25, 2023, begins on April 22 with the show Café Boate Chiado 74, on stage at 9.30 pm, at Espaço Guadiana, in Alcoutim.

This show aims to portray the dawn of April 25, 1974 in Lisbon in the Chiado district. At the Boate Chiado 74 café, with live music and dancers, news of MFA movements can be heard on the radios, as well as news brought by local people who enter the café.

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Following the challenge launched by the Algarve Museums Network, Alcoutim Municipal Museum/Alcoutim City Council is developing a project on the theme “Freedom”, consisting of several actions. This project will be developed in the 2023-2024 biennium in close collaboration with various local institutions and members of the local community, where actions such as music shows, theater, plastic expression workshops, workshops, survey of PCI-Memories, among others, will be integrated. that are directly related to April 25 and the individual and/or collective definition of freedom.

• The pre-launch of the project was the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr. Carlos Brito, which took place on February 11, 2023, with: Inauguration of the outdoor exhibition “Carlos Brito – life and work”, open until February 8, 2024, at Praça da República, in Alcoutim;
• Pre-presentation of Mr. Carlos Brito, “Estar Presente”, with a moment of declamation of poetry and poems set to music by Mr. Afonso Dias.

The project’s first official action is the Commemoration of April 25, 2023, whose program has already been closed and will be announced shortly on this website and on the official pages of the municipality.

Two actions are also part of this project, the creation of an author video based on the book “Águas do Meu Contar”, by Mr. Carlos Brito, and a cycle of short stories based on the same book and other stories of resilience and freedom, which are part of the “FORTours IB” project, operation code “0779_FORTOURS_IB_5_E, Frontier Fortifications: promotion of cross-border cultural tourism”, approved under the 6th .th call for the INTERREG V Spain Portugal operative program (POCTEP 2014-2020), and will be developed until June 2023.

We highlight the work of surveying memories and stories/histories of the 25th of April, which consists of collecting testimonies from before, during and after 25th of April 1974 and stories of resilience and freedom, in an intergenerational work, to be developed in conjunction with the institutions locations and the local community.

The Museum is currently collaborating with Associação Alcance in actions integrated in the CLDS Project, such as “Evenings in my land”, “Senior Gatherings”, “Sharing knowledge” and “Adopt a grandfather”, which also address the theme of the 25th of April 1974 and the concept of freedom.

All actions included in the project will be disclosed in a timely manner.

From April 17th to May 26th, the Casa dos Condes, in Alcoutim, which houses the Municipal Library and the Temporary Exhibition Room of the Municipal Museum, is closed to the public for maintenance and cleaning works.

We thank you for your understanding and invite you to visit this and other spaces of the Municipal Museum of Alcoutim.

During the Easter period, the opening hours of the Municipal Museum will change:

River Museum – closed to the public from April 6th to 10th, 2023;

Blacksmith’s House – closed to the public from April 6th to 9th, 2023;

Archeology Museum (Castelo de Alcoutim) – closed to the public on April 9th, 2023;

Religious Art Museum – closed to the public from April 6th to 9th, 2023;

Primary School – closed for maintenance.

Thank you for your understanding and we invite you to visit the Feira dos Doces d’Avó, on the 7th and 8th of April, at the pier in the town of Alcoutim.

Happy and Sweet Easter