Tourist attraction

Casa da Ribeira

História local, arte e artesanato. Pequeno museu com história regional, inclusive relíquias e exposições com artesanato local.

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History

The Casa da Ribeira is a 17th-century granite building put up by the Pavia river as the home of well-off farmers. Over time it was a rag store, a scrapyard, a tavern with a forge and student lodgings, until Viseu City Council bought it and set up a service there to protect local crafts.

In 2013 the council opened the building as a small museum. It recalls life along the river: the old Pavia mills, the olive press, the washerwomen who worked by the weir and the boats that sailed the river.

What you will find

Memories of the Pavia river mills, the olive press and the river boats.
A section on the washerwomen and their tools, such as the wooden kneeling board and the washtub.
Regional crafts and traditional trades.
An outdoor platform over the Pavia river, reached from inside.

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About the museum

Municipal museum space by the Ribeira, on Largo de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the memory of the river and traditional crafts. It keeps remains of old mills and an olive press and hosts temporary exhibitions on crafts and ethnography.

Sources: Visit Viseu

Address

40°39'48. 7°54'37., Largo 3 de Maio 0

Phone

232 427 428

Website

visitviseu.pt/detalhe-museus.php?elemento=6

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