Quinta de Velude

Graça Correia Ragazzi

Quinta de Velude is situated on a hillside facing the River Douro and gives its name to Lugar de Veludo, in the parish of São Cristóvão de Nogueira, in the municipality of Cinfães (Viseu).
Abandoned for 40 years, the farm stands out for its extraordinary history and its manor house with a baroque chapel. It also stands out for being part of a series of granite terraces where the cultivation of vines has laid out the territory; it is also surrounded by a series of rural support buildings, such as a beautiful canastro (granary), granite threshing floors, caretakers' houses and a huge number of reservoirs and water pits. Its approximately 7 hectares are full of trees and centuries-old buildings for paths and agricultural support, fig trees, orange trees, oak trees and chestnut trees, but also poplar trees that attest to the existence of several springs and wells whose rehabilitation is noteworthy as they guarantee the property's total self-sufficiency in terms of water supply.
The project aimed to restore the existing house, transforming it into a living, social and leisure space. The existing elevations and heights of the façades were maintained and, while honoring the existing morphology, the interior spaces were filled with new environments, adapted to current housing conditions and requirements.
This project was shortlisted on the prestigious Prémio Gulbenkian Património – Maria Tereza e Vasco Vilalva.

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