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Vila Nova Foz Côa - City Center / Riding Portugal

by @onyfest · 0 votes · 0.000 HBD
![COVER.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/244yCXTVUCxgq7xmuqMd63jjpNsd9Sti2VoBeedtPR4vPduZsQ3xc9toVU7aeh3EpBaGA.jpg) ##### Hello everyone and welcome to my blog :-) Returning to Vila Nova de Foz Côa was a strange experience from the very first minutes. The only memories I had of that place came from childhood, already quite blurry, almost reduced to small, isolated images without much context. And perhaps that's why the initial impact was precisely that. Everything seemed smaller than what I had stored in my head. ##### PT Voltar a Vila Nova de Foz Côa foi uma experiência estranha logo desde os primeiros minutos. As únicas memórias que tinha daquele lugar vinham da infância, já muito desfocadas, quase reduzidas a pequenas imagens soltas sem grande contexto. E talvez por isso o impacto inicial tenha sido precisamente esse. Tudo me pareceu mais pequeno do que aquilo que tinha guardado na cabeça. --- ![20260328_151317.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23zktnidrfY1oQbePvdfzghgJfPVjYymkP6nKdTTwJv1C2dvWsvy7yZM2xgF27RPekF2x.jpg) ![20260328_151404.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23xevCmmHNLnyUUypJTkr8J1y6HazNNfZNAuDRJvHKguGdg8itPFrzYphhFgyZJmnUTkx.jpg) ![20260328_151344.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23xySz6kZT2GBsPVtUvKA1Zt88GvpELFnNLATMgaRJypMMpGRK6fxVZKEzEf3w7FW5ow1.jpg) ![20260328_151330.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23xp8Z4VhHmVG1K5pxejHZExXjGgHs7R5jbPWXXwAANmGXvaJ4uDxARnhCvbfEkznFjCU.jpg) ![Untitled-1.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/EnymeWrmhSU78wMzJahA3HNMn7fja3hxMQGfPEyMEZJM3KLTfXNA89yMUNpMgmZyvpY.png) But this often happens when we return to places linked to childhood. When we are small, spaces grow disproportionately with us. The streets seem enormous, the buildings imposing, the distances endless. Then we return years later and realize that memory also exaggerates dimensions. ##### PT Mas isso acontece muitas vezes quando regressamos a sítios ligados à infância. Quando somos pequenos, os espaços crescem connosco de forma desproporcional. As ruas parecem enormes, os edifícios imponentes, as distâncias intermináveis. Depois voltamos anos mais tarde e percebemos que a memória também exagera dimensões. --- ![20260328_151530.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23yJNkzwotq9Fsfi5CCSxyN9oPkovJUbvSmgNzRnSUCJSKumyXSEoQ3skEBptAZZ5k7br.jpg) ![20260328_151441.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23zknCxqNBYRan1Q5GVJ9MYPf5GEAjmEEJ7y42XaMrwyVwuqidoVSeswEwR3PMQkWhsHB.jpg) ![20260328_151616.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23zm167VQXT42ek2961d7qFyoD3YtmqSwxf795eDPwDYp4o1FYYV2Wb9o7GB6bdovcjN5.jpg) ![20260328_151422.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23xpAutbAKdZ6rDTDdip7QA9TFYszB7BTcnuLqgR48n9sJf7Xs61dDaRFrL9ehvKbEPH3.jpg) ![Untitled-1.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/EnymeWrmhSU78wMzJahA3HNMn7fja3hxMQGfPEyMEZJM3KLTfXNA89yMUNpMgmZyvpY.png) Even so, Vila Nova de Foz Côa maintains its personality. It's noticeable that much has changed over the years. There are more modern buildings and interventions that, in certain points, clash somewhat with the traditional architecture of the village. There are recent facades that are too neutral, urban solutions that are more functional than beautiful. Not everything fits together. But that's not enough to erase the character of the historic center. ##### PT Ainda assim, Vila Nova de Foz Côa mantém a sua personalidade. Nota-se que muita coisa mudou ao longo dos anos. Existem edifícios e intervenções mais modernas que, em certos pontos, destoam um pouco da arquitetura tradicional da vila. Há fachadas recentes demasiado neutras, soluções urbanas mais funcionais do que bonitas. Nem tudo encaixa. Mas isso não chega para apagar o carácter do centro histórico. --- ![20260328_151952.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23wMWWHSkr5msNovVNv9Zr7KdQQB3H53Xqu3La3hRfkmXYpAL […]