Alvito is at the Belém Cultural Center , at the invitation of the exhibition 's curators. “ TERRA CRUA ” and the ARQUITERRA project, conceived and developed by Spira. Between In 2022 and 2024 , Spira carried out ARQUITERRA – a Local Sustainability Project through Creative Tourism and Volunteering , focused on the traditional construction techniques of the Alentejo region , with a particular emphasis on the rammed earth technique: Rammed earth workshops, production and docum

A European model that brings together conservator-restorers, architects, international volunteers, and local communities around a shared asset: the cultural heritage that defines us and unites us. What is a Heritage Camp? A Heritage Camp is a form of intervention in built cultural heritage that combines specialised technical work with international volunteer participation. Over a defined period — typically two weeks between June and October — conservator-restorers lead mixed

There are around 34,000 monuments in Portugal with no official protection (cf. Estudo Património em Portugal - Avaliação do Valor Económico e Social ). . This means that any person or entity may do whatever they wish with them; that no institution is responsible for these assets; and that they are not eligible for EU funding programmes that require heritage classification. How, then, can we attend to this heritage, assuming that such a “state of affairs” is clearly unaccepta