Bordeira, in the municipality of Aljezur, located in the Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo and Costa Vicentina, is trying this Sunday to be chosen as a finalist in the 7 Wonders Villages contest.
The gala in the “Villages in Protected Areas” category takes place this Sunday, 20 August, but with one particular feature: it will take place in Pedrógão Grande, instead of Porto Martins, on Terceira Island, as originally planned.
Luis Segadães, president of the 7 Wonders, explained why: «“thank you Portuguese people, we are going to be reborn” is a message that can be found upon arrival in Pedrógão Grande and that makes us shiver with the force it transmits. At a time when we pay tribute to Villages in Protected Areas, we wanted to talk about the need to protect our entire territory, the entire country, our forests and our villages. The region's desire to be reborn as soon as possible has led us to mobilize ourselves towards this goal, putting all our means of dissemination and the positive influence we have achieved with the general public at the service of this cause».
As for Bordeira, there are many arguments to be chosen as one of the two finalists of the day. The Church of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, in that locality, presents, for example, strong marks of destruction from the 1755 earthquake.
The other candidates in this category are Chão da Ribeira (Porto Moniz – Madeira), the village of Salinas da Fonte da Bica (Rio Maior), Lindoso (Ponte da Barca), Penedo (Sintra), Rio de Onor (Bragança), São Lourenço (Vila do Porto – Azores).
How to vote:
Voting in the 7 Maravilhas de Portugal® – Aldeias pre-finalists is carried out through a telephone call to flat rate numbers (760). In the case of Estoi, this is the number 760 107 002. The cost of each call (IVR) is €0,60 + VAT.
The voting period for the pre-finalists ends at the end of each live gala, always after the TV News on RTP1, and the voices of the presenters (approximately 15 minutes before the end of the Gala).
There is no restriction or limit on votes per participant. You can make as many phone calls as you like.
From the list of 7 pre-finalists, the 2 most voted villages will be chosen. In a total of 7 categories, 14 villages pass to Finalists.
So far, of the semi-finalist villages in the Algarve, only Paderne made it to the final.
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