Our craftsmen still work wood, cork and fur, making a wide range of products that can be purchased locally. To enhance: the rustic furniture, handmade boots and leather shoes, the typical regional cloaks and the mini farming utensils.   Carpentry- “Móveis Calu ta”...

Traditional Singing Traditional Singing (Cante Alentejano) is probably the highest cultural heritage of the Municipality of Cuba, considered the “Cathedral of Traditional Singing”. In spite of the several theories that try to explain the origin of this...

It was under the name of Christopher Columbus that the man who discovered America, in the late fifteenth century, was known in the world. In the 80s, a new discussion about the nationality of the navigator emerges, through the works of Mascarenhas Barreto. This author...

Background / description: Collection of sacred art and archeology, with pieces from the prehistoric, roman and medieval times. Main collections: Works of religious art and archeology. No visitor can fail to see: The ex-votos and the flags of the procession of...

  Background / description: The Church of St. Vincent was built in the 17th century. In 2003, the Parish of St. Vincent, in cooperation with the Department of Historical and Artistic Heritage of the Diocese of Beja, also in collaboration with the Municipality of Cuba...

The Council of Cuba has important assets of Mural Painting, especially concentrated in the Parishes of Vila Alva and Vila Ruiva. Come and discover this fascinating reality, unique in the Lower Alentejo. [Morning] • Church of St. Louis [Faro do Alentejo];• Church of...

Vila Ruiva, a complex of white houses built at the foot of a hill, along the road to Albergaria and Viana do Alentejo, passing by Água de Peixes. This path is nowadays a secondary road, but in the past it was the main one, as it is evidenced by the Roman Bridge that...

Vila Alva occupies three small hills, one in the centre with a small square garden from where the houses were built, according to the topography of the land. In the two opposite hills there are the Churches of St. Anthony and St. John, which, as guardians,...

  The name of Faro do Alentejo comes from its founder, D. Estêvão de Faro, a very important person of the time of the Spanish domination. He was Commander of numerous lands of the Order of Christ, overseer of Finance of India and Africa and state councillor.The...

Located in the plains of Alentejo, surrounded by a landscape of hills, crops and olive groves, Cuba is a town with houses that still keep their yards and traditional orchards.For some, the name of the town of Cuba probably had its origin in the Arabic word...