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Aldeia do Xisto de Aigra Nova

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Here the friendliness is as contagious as the landscape is serene. Immerse yourself in the Schist Traditions Ecomuseum and visit its various sites.

With its simple plan of low schist buildings, Aigra Nova consists of three small streets that cross the village.Its spring and the mild climate favour agriculture and broad pastures. In this living village there are market gardens, livestock, donkeys and many activities that will surprise the visitor.Part of the Schist Villages network, this cluster of four villages in the municipality of Góis – Comareira, Aigra Nova, Aigra Velha and Pena – lie along a scenic road that links them to Trevim, the highest point in the Lousã Mountain (1204 metres above sea level), to Santo António da Neve and to other villages situated on the opposite slope of the mountains. With one’s gaze fixed on these heights, one can appreciate the survival of these ‘memory-villages’ and their recent, progressive transformation into ‘future-villages’, developing a new spirit for each of them which the beautiful schist stone alone cannot do.We must pause here and involve ourselves in the Schist Traditions Ecomuseum (Eco-Museu Tradições do Xisto) project and visit its various sites. Here the friendliness is as contagious as the landscape is serene. It is good to know that in the bottoms of these valleys, red deer and wild boar still roam undisturbed, as if protected from the world outside.
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Update: July 23, 2021

By road

A aldeia dista 12km de Góis. De Góis é preferencialmente servida pela EN342, a apenas 4km, utilizando uma estrada municipal que sobe até à aldeia pelo flanco Norte da Serra da Lousã. De Góis também pode ser utilizada a EN2 até Esporão e daqui seguir por Ribeira Cimeira e pela Aldeia do Xisto da Pena, utilizando um troço de 2km em terra batida para atingir Aigra Nova.

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40.120100, -8.153830
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40°07'12.4"N 8°09'13.8"W
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29T 572102 4441430
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