The Côa Park Foundation owns many olive trees in the Côa region. The olive trees are grown in a sustainable way, without the use of chemical fertilisers or chemically synthesised pesticides. The trees are carefully handled and preserved to produce exceptional quality olive oils. The olives are retailed and picked by hand, as tradition dictates....
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Exhibition of “João Cutileiro: Recent engravings and other risks
The Côa Park Foundation, the João Cutileiro Art Centre and the Alentejo Regional Direction of Culture are pleased to inform that the exhibition “João Cutileiro: Recent engravings and other risks”, curated by Ana Cristina Pais, will be open from April 18th to September 26th, in the exhibition rooms of the Côa Museum. The exhibition is...
The Tito Bustillo Rock Art Centre celebrated its 10th Anniversary
The Tito Bustillo Rock Art Centre celebrated its 10th Anniversary with the inauguration of the exhibition “The art that came out of the caves” and with activities for all public on 13, 14 and 20 March. The equipment, dependent on the Regional Ministry of Culture, Linguistic Policy and Tourism, is managed by the Sociedad Pública...
Aida Carvalho is the new president of the Côa Parque Foundation
The new president of the Côa Parque Foundation – entity that manages the Côa Museum and the Archaeological Park of the Côa Valley -, Professor Aida Maria Oliveira Carvalho, officially takes office today. “Aida Maria Oliveira Carvalho, 47, has a PhD in Cultural Science from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and a Master...
TExTOUR – Social Innovation and Technologies for Sustainable Growth through Participatory Cultural Tourism.
The first online meeting of the European project TExTOUR took place on 28 January, which is intended to develop cultural tourism politics and strategies that generate a positive impact on territorial socioeconomic development. To do so, it will use ICT and social innovation tools , with which it will work on 8 cultural tourism pilots...
Tribute of the Côa Park Foundation to its President, Bruno Navarro
The Côa Park Foundation and its employees are grieving for the loss of its President, the lost of a leader dreamer, creative, generous and a friend. In 2017, Bruno Navarro accepted the position of President of the Côa Park Foundation and the difficult mission of reintegrating the engravings of the Côa Valley in the restricted...
Côa Museum and Archaeological Park of the Côa Valley temporarily closed
Given the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely in the area of the Côa Valley, and the extraordinary and urgent measures of response to the epidemiological situation, announced by the Portuguese Government, the activity of the Archaeological Park and Côa Museum will be temporarily suspended. We will return soon, with a renewed desire to promote...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The Côa Park Foundation wishes to all the employees, visitors and partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We inform you that the Côa Museum will be closed on December 25th and January 1st and will exceptionally close at 4:30pm on December 24th and 31st. On the other days, the Côa Museum and...
Côa Museum wins APOM awards
Côa Museum – winner of the Education and Cultural Mediation Project, awarded by the Portuguese Museology Association (APOM), with the project “Serviço de Educação e Mediação Cultural do Museu e Parque Arqueológico do Côa“. “The Education and Cultural Mediation Service of the Côa Park Foundation” was created in 2010 and constitutes one of the main...
Launch of the special programme of the Archaeological Park of the Côa Valley
Today, December 2, the date marking the 22nd anniversary of the inscription of the Rock Art Sites of the Côa Valley on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the interministerial decree determining the preparation of the Special Programme of the Archaeological Park of the Côa Valley (PEPA Côa Valley) was published in Diário da República. The...