In this episode of Smart Regions, discover the European project to restore the island of Porto Santo, which is reviving its cultural heritage by rehabilitating its windmills and public fountains. A reconnection with the past for a unique tourist experience.
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00:06 To immerse yourself in tradition, the Cardina Ethnographic Museum is a real source of information
00:11 for faithfully remembering its windmills and public fountains.
00:15 [Music]
00:18 Rubina Brito gives us an insight into how life was on this small island.
00:25 Maintaining the population on the island of Porto Santo has always been very difficult due to the lack of resources.
00:31 And the people of Porto Santo are known as resilient and resourceful people, and the mills demonstrate this.
00:37 The mills were made with the wood that was washed ashore because there was no such resource available on the island.
00:43 Another resource that was very scarce on the island of Porto Santo was the water to maintain the population.
00:52 At one time it was even thought that it would be better to transport everyone to Madeira and this territory to be deserted.
00:58 The wells were places where people waited to fill their jars and took opportunity to sing, tell stories and even date.
01:05 In short, they were seen as places to socialize at the time.
01:09 [Spanish]
01:20 [Music]
01:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]