A book of photographs of the spirit of Portugal's Alentejo that tells us in eight chapters about the plains and the hills, the dwellings, the traditional arts, the river Guadiana, the coast and the festivals and tastes of the Alentejo.
"A big and beautiful area, environmentally well preserved, its monuments well cared for, home to a generous people, men of their word, men who love their land. Prodigal in natal love that will remain with them for life. The plain great in extent, the hills inviting, the coast of unique characteristics, the river at once the frontier between and the union of peoples.
Let us introduce ourselves: we are the Alentejo, an environmental paradise in Portugal.
...We shall visit a rural home, experience the hill country, have our fill of the festival, admire - and buy - the art of our craftsmen. A hop to the Guadiana or a fresh visit to the coast are reason enough to carry the Alentejo in one's heart. All of it, on the fingers of one hand."
Helder Pinho
Publisher: Maurício Abreu Lda
Production and Photography: Maurício Abreu
Text: Helder Pinho
Design by Flukstudio
English version by Peter F. Ingham
ISBN: 972-95897-5-5
Size: 22 x 16 cm; 112 pages
117 colour photographs
