“There’s Feast in the Village” is a pioneer project of territorial development, creating a new focus of attractiveness in rural spaces with their own characteristics (villages of Areja, Couce, Porto Carvoaeiro, Ul and Vilarinho de S. Roque). Promoted by the “Associação de Desenvolvimento Integrado das Terras de Santa Maria (ADRITEM)” – in paternship with the municipalities Albergaria-a-Velha, Gondomar, Oliveira de Azeméis, Santa Maria da Feira and Valongo – the procject funded by the “Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural (PRODER)” proposes the active involvement of the population stimulating uses and customs, cultural traditions and the food.
The origins of Ul (Oliveira de Azeméis) are ancient, the etymon "uria", that is stream the Celtic toponym designating the parish and the river that flows The village covers Avelão, Crasto and Salgueirinha, where is inserted the “Parque Temático Molinológico” of UI, an authentic "living museum" of the bread making structures and the grain milling with more than 200 years of existence. The water mills, are a local reference and were mentioned in detail in the XVIII century. In the beginning, there is grinded the corn, after the wheat, and later started to peel rice.
Location: Oliveira de Azeméis
The origins of Ul (Oliveira de Azeméis) are ancient, the etymon "uria", that is stream the Celtic toponym designating the parish and the river that flows The village covers Avelão, Crasto and Salgueirinha, where is inserted the “Parque Temático Molinológico” of UI, an authentic "living museum" of the bread making structures and the grain milling with more than 200 years of existence. The water mills, are a local reference and were mentioned in detail in the XVIII century. In the beginning, there is grinded the corn, after the wheat, and later started to peel rice.
Location: Oliveira de Azeméis
