The house where the navigator Vasco da Gama was born was opened to the public yesterday at the castle of Sines. The space was opened by the President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, is a center of evocation of the life of your browser and the Portuguese discoveries.
The return to the past begins in a dungeon, described as the cradle of the local navigator who discovered the sea route to India in 1498. This tower is recreated the life of Vasco da Gama, through multimedia technologies. The spaces where they lived and their travels and encounters with peoples and cultures from the coast of Africa to India are other issues in focus.
Divided into three rooms where visitors can make use of virtual mechanisms to meet the life of the browser, the House-Museum has also exposed a bust of the browser written by a contemporary Japanese sculptor, an Indian fragment of tissue taken from the tomb of Vasco da Gama in Cochin (India) and articles of the season, including the window built by Stephen da Gama, father of the browser, while mayor of the town.
At the end of the inauguration, Cavaco Silva referred to the browser as a "visionary" and "pioneering" at the time. "I see the son of this land as an inspiration to confront the difficulties that crosses the country," said moments before visiting the Museum of the city, project alongside the house that the browser includes the restoration of the castle, assessed by 900 thousand euros.
"It's NAVIGATOR OF SINES"
Sines, which will take place at birth served as the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, demanding for decades that position in history. Despite the dissenting voices, the descendants no doubt. "Vasco da Gama was born in Sines.
The move came after the Vidigueira the Discoveries, "said Miguel Telles da Gama, the 14th generation grandson of the browser. This plastic see with pride the track ancestor but regrets the disappearance of heritage." Today, there is wealth in the family Sines or in Serpa, because it was wasted by a crash that trisavô everything we had, "he said.
Belonging to the fourteenth generation browser, Michael, inherited the temperament of his ancestor. "To reach to India with a ship full of deportees should not have been easy. You should have a very complicated shape," said.
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Teacher training
The house, whose entrance is free, is open to schools to publicize the importance of the browser in the history of Portugal. The multimedia tools are adapted for people with disabilities.
MUSEUM OF THE CITY
In the ground-floor of a dungeon is the Museum of Sines. A journey through the city in the century. XX and the treasure of Gaio are attractions. The project also includes a cafeteria and artistic residences.
The return to the past begins in a dungeon, described as the cradle of the local navigator who discovered the sea route to India in 1498. This tower is recreated the life of Vasco da Gama, through multimedia technologies. The spaces where they lived and their travels and encounters with peoples and cultures from the coast of Africa to India are other issues in focus.
Divided into three rooms where visitors can make use of virtual mechanisms to meet the life of the browser, the House-Museum has also exposed a bust of the browser written by a contemporary Japanese sculptor, an Indian fragment of tissue taken from the tomb of Vasco da Gama in Cochin (India) and articles of the season, including the window built by Stephen da Gama, father of the browser, while mayor of the town.
At the end of the inauguration, Cavaco Silva referred to the browser as a "visionary" and "pioneering" at the time. "I see the son of this land as an inspiration to confront the difficulties that crosses the country," said moments before visiting the Museum of the city, project alongside the house that the browser includes the restoration of the castle, assessed by 900 thousand euros.
"It's NAVIGATOR OF SINES"
Sines, which will take place at birth served as the birthplace of Vasco da Gama, demanding for decades that position in history. Despite the dissenting voices, the descendants no doubt. "Vasco da Gama was born in Sines.
The move came after the Vidigueira the Discoveries, "said Miguel Telles da Gama, the 14th generation grandson of the browser. This plastic see with pride the track ancestor but regrets the disappearance of heritage." Today, there is wealth in the family Sines or in Serpa, because it was wasted by a crash that trisavô everything we had, "he said.
Belonging to the fourteenth generation browser, Michael, inherited the temperament of his ancestor. "To reach to India with a ship full of deportees should not have been easy. You should have a very complicated shape," said.
PUBLIC
Teacher training
The house, whose entrance is free, is open to schools to publicize the importance of the browser in the history of Portugal. The multimedia tools are adapted for people with disabilities.
MUSEUM OF THE CITY
In the ground-floor of a dungeon is the Museum of Sines. A journey through the city in the century. XX and the treasure of Gaio are attractions. The project also includes a cafeteria and artistic residences.
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