1. OUR TREASURES Portugal; Bulgaria; Latvia; Croatia; Lithuania; Spain; Greece; Slovakia; UK/Wales.

2. Our CountryOur RegionOur InstitutionOur StudentsLocal Activities

4. CEFAE4

5. http://www.atl-turismolisboa.pt/

7. CEFAELong Life Learning7

8. CEFAELong Life Learning8 Vidigueira - ALENTEJO Vidigueira is located in the south of Portugal, in the vast plains of the Lower Alentejo, a place much like the Spanish Andalusia, where we can feel the proximity of the Mediterranean sea.

9. CEFAE9 Monuments

10. Long Life Learning10 The wineries Vidigueira’s City Hall

11. CEFAELong Life Learning11  The Great Sailor Vasco da Gama.

12.  The poet Fialho de Almeida  Fialho de Almeida, Portuguese writer and poet, (1857-1911) was born in Vila de Frades, a small village next to Vidigueira and lived in Cuba.  He said: “God made man in His image and likeness, and made the critic like the cat…caustic style, sharp claw. Scathing but with good humour.”  In, www.vidaslusofonas.pt CEFAELong Life Learning12

13.   Rota do Fresco (Route of the Fresco)   It is a visit to several churches of the region, which have painted inside them very important murals painted in fresh, one feature of the religious heritage of the southern of Portugal.   The fresco is a technique that began to be used in Italy from the Renaissance, where the paintings are made on a mortar of lime and sand still wet. In, www.prorestauro.com CEFAELong Life Learning13

14. CEFAELong Life Learning14 The People

15. CEFAELong Life Learning15 Handicrafts Basket weaving Fur or leather work Rustic furniture in wood or iron Cork work Wood work Horn carving Blankets

16. CEFAELong Life Learning16 Gastronomy Traditional dishes are built around pork and lamb Soups, bread-soups and stews Game, such as rabbit, hare, partridge

17. CEFAELong Life Learning17 Gastronomy Bread, Olive oil and spices are basic ingredients in this style of Mediterranean cooking Chesse, sausages and ham (prosciutto) Desserts – conventual confectionery Wine

18. CEFAELong Life Learning18 The Landscape

19. CEFAELong Life Learning19 The Landscape

21.  Centro de Estudos e Formação Aquiles Estaço, Lda (Portugal) is a Private enterprise in the area of teaching which owns the Fialho de Almeida Vocational School.  The school promotes international projects since 2003: Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius 1, - Comenius Assistent and Sócrates / Comenius 1, Grundtvig and it is also responsible for local projects. CEFAELong Life Learning21 The Organisation EPFA - VIDIGUEIRA

22.  This Centre was created in the 1st of Septembre 1999 and it is the owner of the Vocational School - Escola Profissional Fialho de Almeida (EPFA).  It provides professional or vocational courses (10 courses), that gives students the secondary and professional qualifications. The School was the result of a contract between the Portuguese Ministry of Education and the City Hall of the villages of Cuba and Vidigueira (in July, 1991). At present, the Centre and the School is now runned by a Private Foundation whose members have a close relation to the City Hall.  Partnership with: Câmara Municipal de Vidigueira Rádio Vidigueira CEFAELong Life Learning22 The Organisation

23.  Milena Ambrosio(Italy)  Agnieszka Kałużniak (Polland)   Pinar Karatas (Turkey) Our Comenius Assistants

24.  Katalin Hraskó (Hungary)  Virginie Muyldermans (Belgium) Our Comenius Assistants

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27. The students

28. CEFAELong Life Learning28 Some local activities

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31. International Projects

32. CEFAELong Life Learning – Leonardo da Vinci-Partnerships32 The Coordinator: Elisabete Santos Rosa Partnerships