Global InformationVilarinho da Furna information
Vilarinho da Furna | |
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Vila/Town | |
 The ruins of Vilarinho da Furna during the dry season, when the former-village becomes exposed | |
  Vilarinho da Furna Location of the village of Vilarinho da Furna | |
| Coordinates: 41°46′49″N 8°11′49″W / 41.78028°N 8.19694°W | |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Region | Norte |
| Subregion | Oeste |
| District | Braga |
| Municipality | Terras de Bouro |
| Vilarinho da Furna | 1st Century |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (1967) | |
| • Total | 300 |
| Demonym | Vilarense |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | PT |
| Several versions of the village's name exist: Vilarinho da Furna, Vilarinho das Furnas, Vilarinho, Villarinho, Vilarinho de Furmas, Villarinho da Furna and Villarinho das Furnas. The villagers and residents of nearby villages generally know it as Vilarinho da Furna. "Das Furnas" is probably a reference to the rock cavities found near the spring of Rio de Furnas.[1] | |
Vilarinho da Furna (alternately called Vilarinho das Furnas)[2] was a former-village, located in the civil parish of Campo de Gerês, in the municipality of Terras de Bouro, in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. Located on margins of River Homem and Ribeira do Eido, in 1972, it was intentionally submerged by the Portuguese State during the course of filling of a reservoir of the same name. Although still legally held by the former-villages, the lands are inundated, and only visible during the dry season, when it emerges, becoming a tourist attraction.
- ^ Manuel de Azevedo Antunes, Vilarinho da Furna - Memórias do passado e do futuro, 2Ed, CEPAD/ULHT, Lisbon, 2005
- ^ Antunes, Manuel de Azevedo (2005), Vilarinho da Furna: Memórias do Passado e do Futuro (in Portuguese) (2 ed.), Lisbon, Portugal: CEPAD/ULHT