The Letter of Commitment – Umayyad Project will be signed in Alcoutim, next Friday, the 22nd, at 10:00 am, thus marking the final start of actions and initiatives related to the Umayyad Route.
The initiative brings together the Municipality, Tourism and Culture in implementing a set of actions to enhance and promote the Umayyad Route, an itinerary that will explore the legacy of the Umayyad Arab dynasty in the culture and heritage of seven countries linked to the Mediterranean, including Portugal.
The session will feature interventions by the president of the local authority Osvaldo Gonçalves, as well as the president of the Algarve Tourism Region, Desidério Silva, and the regional director of Culture of the Algarve, Alexandra Gonçalves, national partners of a project that spans Italy, Tunisia , Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Spain (Andalusia).
In the Algarve, the presence of the Umayyad dynasty was felt for more than three centuries (711-1031). Among the goods inventoried in the region, there are Islamic board games, exhibited in the castle of Alcoutim, and the Old Castle of this town, heritage that will also be revisited on this occasion.
A Umayyad Route is led by the El Legado Andalusí foundation and financed by the program European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI), in the context of cross-border cooperation projects in the Mediterranean area.
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