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MuseumsSite Name: Museu da LuzCountry: Portugal Distrito: Évora Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Mourão Nearest Village: Luz
Latitude: 38.344184N Longitude: 7.381597W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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This brand new Museum of Luz was build when the Alqueva Reservoir was installed in 2002. A beautiful building, made of schist and completely integrated in the landscape.
This large water reservoir is part of the Guadiana River and has to supply water to the agriculture of the very dry East-Alentejo region.
1. The village of Luz was offered to this Reservoir. They have rebuilt a new village at the another hilltop, and they replaced the church and cemetery.
2. The Castelo da Lousa was also submerged to the Alqueva Reservoir.
This Castelo da Lousa was first excavated and in the museum you can see the Roman remains found there. The Castelo da Lousa was packed in concrete as a time capsule before it disappeared under water in the new Barragem of Alqueva.
The museum shows documentaries about both processes. One of Castelo da Lousa being excavated and packed and a touching documentary how the people in the old village of Luz had to leave their homes and land and move to the newly built village.
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