Some donated hundreds, if not thousands, of archaeological pieces that are now part of the Loulé Municipal Museum's collection. Others watched over the places where fragments of memory still exist, some are the owners of the true time capsules that are the more than 160 archaeological sites in the county. All will be honored by the City Council of Loulé this Saturday, 29th of September, at 15 pm, in a ceremony at the Salão Nobre dos Paços do Concelho, held at the European Heritage Days.
In addition to the honorees, the session will be attended by the National Commissioner of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins, the director of the National Archeology Museum, António Carvalho, and the president of the Chamber Vítor Aleixo.
Inserted in the exhibition “LOULÉ. Territories, Memories, Identities”, the nucleus “Identities”, authored by Pedro Barros, “registers more than forty singular people from Loulé, anonymous citizens, who have his name, as a synonym for the Museum. Everyone surprises us with their uniqueness and sensitivity», explains the Museu de Loulé.
This information and this «contribution to the creation of scientific knowledge and part of the history of Loulé are essential, otherwise they would be irretrievably lost».
Therefore, the ceremony intends to “honor, value, esteem and respect them for their actions, so that others can learn from this exceptional example of citizenship”.
Or, as archaeologist Pedro Barros explains in the exhibition's catalogue, a “visual memory was created, giving face to what was just a list of names in a record book”.
Some of these donors and guardians have already disappeared, but many are still alive. «All: some Marias, others Manuels, some Warriors and others Martins, some from here and others who stayed here, some with mountain mustache and others with a gingham air, some known to everyone and others known among them, some younger, others with more memories, some more fearful, others more available, some smiling, others overflowing with happiness. From all of them, we received pieces of local, regional, national history and they are all Loulé», adds the archaeologist.
Also within the scope of the European Heritage Days, the Municipal Museum of Loulé has programmed other activities:
>An archaeological cultural walk in the Historic Center of Loulé as part of the cycle “Heritage to the Moon”, this Thursday, 27th of September, at 21 pm, starting at the headquarters of the Municipal Museum of Loulé (registration already sold out);
A conference on “The writing of the Southwest” by one of the curators of the exhibition “LOULÉ: Territories, Memories and Identities”, Amílcar Guerra, from the Archeology Center of the University of Lisbon (UNIARQ), tomorrow, the 28th, at 18 pm, in the room multipurpose museum of the Municipal Museum of Loulé;
A special edition of the program “Famílias no Museu” with the construction of the Jogo do Moinho, on the 30th of September, at 16 pm, at the Convento do Espírito Santo;
>And a “Memory Laboratory” dedicated to “Stories that come from the sea”, where it is intended that people from Quarteira help build the memories of Quarteira, on October 1st, at 18 pm, at the Municipal Center of Quarteira.
These activities are carried out within the scope of the exhibition “LOULÉ. Territories, Memories, Identities”.
The exhibition, on display at the National Archeology Museum, in Lisbon, has already been seen by more than 230 thousand people. It presents more than 7 years of the county's history, reveals customs, eating habits and the daily life of the various civilizations that passed through there through archaeological pieces.
“LOULÉ. Territories, Memories, Identities” is, in terms of Archeology, a kind of “Portugal in miniature” that reflects the history of Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula and Europe. A real starting point for an obligatory trip to Loulé to discover the county and its best kept secrets, such as the site of Corte João Marques, the Sudoeste script, Cerro da Vila, the Castle of Salir and the historic center of City.
It is the result of 15 months of preparation, 12 scientific and executive commissioners, 40 authors of texts, 1200 inventoried archaeological assets, 504 exhibited pieces, 166 restored pieces, 154 georeferenced archaeological sites in a geographic information system, partnership with 11 institutions, 54 technicians involved, contributions from more than 20 professions, among many other numbers.
The exhibition was awarded by the Portuguese Association of Museology, which distinguishes the best in museology in Portugal, with the APOM-2018 Awards (for 2017), in the categories of “Best Partnership” and “Best Catalogue”, and also received a Mention Honorable in the area of “Cultural Education and Mediation”.
“LOULÉ. Territories, Memories, Identities” is an exhibition created in an integrated way to enhance a territory and its cultural heritage, promoting the reinforcement of an identity in its communities.
The exhibition is a joint initiative of the National Archeology and Municipal Museums of Loulé, with the support of Lusitânia Seguros, the National Press of the Mint and 365 Algarve.
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