Fishing in the Medieval Algarve is the subject of a book presented in Loulé

The book “A Pesca no Algarve Medieval”, by José Marcelino Castanheira, is presented this Saturday, November 13, from 17 pm, at the headquarters of the publisher Sul, Sol e Sal, in Loulé. 

The initiative will feature interventions by Álvaro Garrido, who signs the preface, and Luis Filipe Oliveira, both university professors.

José Marcelino Castanheira, son and grandson of the Algarve, is a retired manager with a forty-year connection to the sea and fishing.

Graduated in Psychology with specialization in Social Gerontology, he is Master in History and Heritage – Algarve History variant and Doctoral candidate in Heritage Studies, by the University of Algarve.

He is president of APOS – Association for the Defense and Valorization of the Cultural and Environmental Heritage of Olhão and regularly contributes to the regional press.