PORTO-SANTENSES VALUES - PORTO SANTO ISLAND ASPIRING THE UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE

Although small, the island of Porto Santo contains heritage values ​​of undoubted importance in the local, regional and international context.

We want to make you aware of the aspects of Porto Santo's identity that make the island of Porto Santo a very special territory and which support our candidacy for UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve.

Windmills

The windmills are figurative pieces of the Porto Santo landscape, defining the place and its surroundings, in a setting of cultural and architectural values, memories and history in a rural context. With a permanent construction, rounded, in stone, light in color, with white revolving candles, they were installed on elevations, integrating gracefully into the landscape of the island. Their presence in the landscape makes them one of the most emblematic symbols, forming part of our memories, lived or associated with our imaginary ... Interest in their valorization and recognition of timelessness underlies, as factors that promote the identity of Porto Santo and its cultural character, dignifying the architectural elements and recreating the experiences and dynamics of its occupants.

Porto Santo, like you there is no equal!

Application of the island of Porto Santo to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

PORTO-SANTENSES VALUES - PORTO SANTO ISLAND ASPIRING THE UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE

Although small, the island of Porto Santo contains heritage values ​​of undoubted importance in the local, regional and international context.

We want to make you aware of the aspects of Porto Santo's identity that make the island of Porto Santo a very special territory and which support our candidacy for UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve.

Salão House

The Salão houses, houses made of stone typical of Porto-santense architecture, were thus designated for using the Salão on its roof. The people of Porto Santo found that this material, a kind of clay, gave the houses a cool environment in summer, by opening cracks resulting from drying and drying in winter, by absorbing water, protecting the houses from rain. The partitions of the houses were made with sugar cane and filled the spaces with straw, bean bag, wood waste or small stones, and then covered with lime and cement. With a dirt floor, the living room houses had a living room, the bedroom and the kitchen, with a stone oven and chimney, which was normally the entry point into the house. The haystacks, attached to the house, which housed animals and agricultural instruments, were also covered in a hall.

Porto Santo, like you there is no equal!

Application of the island of Porto Santo to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

PORTO-SANTENSES VALUES - PORTO SANTO ISLAND ASPIRING THE UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE

Although small, the island of Porto Santo contains heritage values ​​of undoubted importance in the local, regional and international context. We want to make you aware of the aspects of Porto Santo's identity that make the island of Porto Santo a very special territory and which support our candidacy for UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve.

Matamorra

Matamorra is a sixteenth-century structure with a more or less cylindrical or peripheral plant, excavated in the soil for the storage and preservation of cereals, once abundant on the Island of Porto Santo, which allowed its concealment from pirates and privateers who frequently assaulted the island. After the hole was made, usually inside the dwellings, the walls were lined with stone, straw and clay and covered its opening with boards and earth. In the city center we can find two specimens inside the Casa Colombo - Porto Santo Museum and one in Largo do Pelourinho.

Porto Santo, like you there is no equal! Application of the island of Porto Santo to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

PORTO-SANTENSES VALUES - PORTO SANTO ISLAND ASPIRING THE UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE

Although small, the island of Porto Santo contains heritage values ​​of undoubted importance in the local, regional and international context.

We want to make you aware of the aspects of Porto Santo's identity that make the island of Porto Santo a very special territory and which support our candidacy for UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve.

Porto Santo, like you there is no equal!

Application of the island of Porto Santo to the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve