History

Built in the eighteenth century this property was originally the irrigated vegetable production place and the watermill of a much larger property. From a nearby mine (the Fountain of the Nuns) always ran an abundant stream, emitted by what was a large aquifer. 

The vegetable Garden

The watermill

Ruin

The property took advantage of this feature to build a watermill that grinded cereals using the gravitational force of falling water on the blades of a wooden wheel that geared the heavy millstones. It’s what’s left in this building today that gives center and force the entire project – the “Ruin”

New "Monte"

1937

finishes the construction of the new house, which shows the growing human occupation of the territory

2007

the property is acquired to João Grave and starts the recovery of building

2011

Starts the tourist resort, first six “Casas de Campo” and support facilities

GPS: 38.71094973875351,-7.418951901984207
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