63 Field trip program

- PORTUGAL MEETING: field trip –
19th - 20th October 2012
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19 October
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20 October
Itinerary of the field trip on October 19th and 20th of the group
CapWEM / IST
Friday, October 19
8:00
Departure from the Holiday Inn Hotel in Lisbon, at Praça
José António de Almeida, behind Instituto Superior
Técnico, towards Évora.
9:30
Arrival in Évora for a brief one-hour visit.
10:30
Departure from Évora towards Pedrógão dam.
11:45/12:00 Arrival to Pedrógão dam for a visit of +/- 1:00 h.
12:45/13:00 Departure from Pedrógão dam towards Moura.
13:15/13:30 Arrival to Moura for lunch at “O Trilho” restaurant (the
menu must be pre-selected).
14:30
Departure from Moura towards Alqueva dam.
15:00
Arrival to Alqueva dam for a visit of 1:30 h.
16:30
Departure from Alqueva dam towards Monsaraz.
17:45
Arrival to Monsaraz for a visit of +/-1:15 h
19:00
Departure from Monsaraz towards Castelo de Vide for
dinner and overnight at the Hotel Sol e Serra.
Saturday, October 20
8:30
Departure from the Hotel Sol e Serra at Castelo de Vide
towards Marvão.
9:00
Arrival to Marvão for a visit of 1:30 h.
10:30
Departure from Marvão towards Fratel dam.
11:30
Arrival to Fratel dam for a 15 min stop.
11:45
Departure from Fratel dam towards Constância.
12:30
Arrival to Constância for a brief visit and lunch at the “D.
José Pinhão” restaurant (the menu must be pre-selected).
14:00
Departure from Constância towards Castelo do Bode dam.
14:30
Arrival to Castelo de Bode dam for a visit of 2:30 h.
17:00
Departure from Castelo de Bode dam towards Lisbon,
with a brief stop on the right bank of the Tejo river with a
view over the Almoroul Castle
19.10.2012
Lisbon  Évora  Pedrogão Dam  Moura (O Trilho, restaurant) 
Alqueva Dam  Monsaraz  Castelo de Vide ( Sol e Serra Hotel )
Évora is a Portuguese city located in Alentejo, a large region of wide
plains on the south of Portugal, bordered on the North by the Tagus
River and on the South by the region of Algarve.
Due to its well-preserved old town Centre, still partially enclosed by
medieval walls, and a large number of monuments dating from various
historical periods, including a Roman Temple, Évora is a UNESCO World
Heritage Site. It is also a member of the Most Ancient European Towns
Network.
Évora is ranked number two in the Portuguese most livable cities survey
of living conditions published yearly by Expresso (Portuguese
newspaper).
Pedrogão Dam
Pedrógão dam is located in the Vidigueira municipality, district of Beja. It
plays the role of counter-Alqueva dam, allowing the hydroelectric
Alqueva to operate reversibly.
Location
General data
Conty
Basin
Watercourse
Purpose
Inauguration
Type
Dam caracteristics
Reservoir caracteristics
Height (m)
Crest level (m)
Total capacity (hm3)
Net capacity (hm3)
Full water supply
level (m)
Vidigueira, Beja
Guadiana
Guadiana river
Energy, Irrigation
2005
Roller Compacted
Concrete, Gravity
34.5
94.1
106
54
84.8
Moura (O Trilho, restaurant)
After entering the restaurant building and while waiting for the food try
to satisfy some of your hunger with the surrounding. The building is
from the beginnings of the XX century and with its beautiful vaults it
gathers bygone days architecture style inviting you to enjoy different
quondam sensations. It was initially build to store olive jars and being
inside it is like travelling into a story written by Eça de Quierós or Camilo
Castelo Branco ( great Portuguese writers from the XIX century).
The restaurant opened in 1994 and in case you want to know it has
received sereval nacional and international awards.
One can only enjoy it!
Alqueva dam
The Alqueva dam is a dam located on the Guadiana River in the Alentejo
region. The reservoir is the largest in Portugal and Western Europe.
The complex project was made to produce hydroelectric power,
irrigation, as well as a large reservoir where several tourist ventures are
also being built. Alqueva, a village of about 350 inhabitants, gives the
project the name.
Location
Conty
Basin
Watercourse
Purpose
General data
Inauguration
Type
Dam caracteristics
Reservoir caracteristics
Height (m)
Crest level (m)
Total capacity (hm3)
Useful capacity (hm3)
Full water supply
level (m)
Évora e Beja
Guadiana
Guadiana river
Reserve,
Irrigation, Supply,
Energy
2002
Roller Compacted
Concrete, double
curvature vault
96
154
4 150
3 150
152
The Alentejo is the driest and hottest region in Portugal. Persistent
droughts are a problem. The climate and a lack of infrastructure have
hindered economic development and isolated the area from the
national and European economies.
During the 1950s, the Portuguese Government ordered a study about
the feasibility of the dam project. The potential benefits of the Alqueva
dam were discussed for decades. An initial effort was undertaken in
1974, but it was abandoned in 1978. The final decision to build the dam
was taken only in the 1990s.
Aldeia da Luz, a small village that lay in the projected flood zone of the
dam, was completely rebuilt on a new site, with the same name.
On February 8, 2002, the 96 metre high floodgates of the Alqueva dam
were closed. In 2006 the lake was filled to the planned level, with a
surface area of 250 km². The length of the margin of the lake created by
the reservoir is longer than that of the Portuguese Atlantic coast.
In 2004, the hydroelectric power station started to work. By 2025
(though the endeavour is already slated to be finished by 2013), the lake
should supply irrigation water for 1 100 km² in the Alentejo.
Monsaraz
Monsaraz another town near the border between Portugal and Spain
which was founded by the Moors and has already been selected has
contender to one of the 7 Wonders of Portugal in the year of 2007. Its
inhabit by around 750 people and as an area of 88km2 which makes
8.9 h/km².
The town was conquered from the Moors in the 1167 by the Portuguese
warrior Geraldo, whose loyal combatants were mainly adventurers and
robbers.
Monsaraz realizes an important biennal cultural event called Open
Monsaraz Museum, an initiative that usually takes place in July.
Visitors can enjoy the monuments and landscape, as well as various art
exhibitions that are permanently displayed in the church of Santiago.
Castelo de Vide ( Sol e Serra Hotel)
Avenida da Europa, 1 7320-202 Castelo de Vide Telefone: 245 900 000
Hotel Sol e Serra is located in the center of Castelo de Vide, at 16 km
from the Spanish border. It offers a free-form pool and a cocktail bar.
The onsite restaurant serves regional dishes from Alentejo, with a
selection of local wines.
20.10.2012
Castelo de Vide ( Sol e Serra Hotel)  Marvão  Fratel  Constância ( D.
José Pinhão )  Castelo do Bode Dam  Almorol Castle  Lisboa
Marvão
Marvão is a small village with a vast history.
It is located in the Portalegre district, Alentejo (has one can see in the
field trip map above), more specifically in the Sapoio mountain, at an
altitude of 860 meters. Its county is bordered to the north and to the
east by Spain. The great
amount of rocks at the
mountains were used
has a war shield and
refugy since the roman
times until the XIII
century, when king D.
Dinis took over it and
made it one site of
great importance in the
wars against the Spanish. For that reason people usualy call it: The Most
Noble and Ever Loyal Village of Marvão.
Nowadays is inhabited by 486 people and it is included in the list of
candidates for UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000 alongside with its
surrounding rugged mountains.
Fratel Dam
Location
General data
Conty
Basin
Watercourse
Purpose
Inauguration
Type
Dam caracteristics
Reservoir caracteristics
Height (m)
Crest level (m)
Total capacity (hm3)
Net capacity (hm3)
Full water supply
level (m)
Portalegre
Tagus
Tagus river
Energy
1973
Roller Compacted
Concrete, Gravity
43
87
92.5
21
74
Constância (D. José Pinhão)
Constância is a village in the district of Santarém, with about 1900
inhabitants. The name of Constância was only officially acquired in 1833,
through the queen D. Maria II who gave it the name
in gratitude for the support that the local people
gave her in changing her old name Punhete,
which she didn´t like.
It is home
to a small
municipality with 80.04 km ² and
3,793 inhabitants.
It is located at the junction of Tagus
with Zêzere has one can see in the
picture above. The river coming
southward is Zêrere and the other one is Tagus.
Castelo de Bode Dam
Location
Conty
Basin
Watercourse
Purpose
General data
Inauguration
Type
Dam caracteristics
Reservoir caracteristics
Height (m)
Crest level (m)
Total capacity (hm3)
Net capacity (hm3)
Full water supply
level (m)
Tomar, Santarém
Tgus
Zêzere river
Supply, Energy,
Defense against
floods,
Playground
1951
Roller Compacted
Concrete,Gravity
115
124.3
1 095
900,5
121
Almourol Castle
Castelo de Almourol in Ribatejo, located in Praia do Ribatejo, Santarém,
although its location is often attributed to Tancos as it is the village
where one sees it better.
It was conquered in 1129 by the first king of Portugal D. Afonso
Henriques (1112-1185). He gave it to the Knights Templar, then in
charge of the settlement of the territory between the river Mondego
and the Tagus, and the defense of the then capital of Portugal, Coimbra.
Erected a granite outcrop at 18 m above the water level, a small island
of 310 m long by 75 m wide, in the middle course of the river Tagus, just
below of its confluence with the river Zêzere. At the time of the
Reconquista, it was part of the Defensive line of Tagus. It is one of the
most representative examples of military architecture of the time,
evoking the beginnings of the kingdom of Portugal.