Foz do Tua is a small village in Portugal on the right bank of the
Douro
The Douro (, , ; es, Duero ; la, Durius) is the highest-flow river of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province, central Spain, meanders south briefly then flows generally west through the north-west part of ...
river, near the town of
Carrazeda de Ansiães
Carrazeda de Ansiães () is a municipality in the district of Bragança in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 6,373,[farm
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...]
s (Portuguese: ''quinta(s)'') in the Douro Valley - Quinta Foz Tua, Quinta do Tua (Cockburn's), Quinta dos Aciprestes (Real Companhia Velha) and Quinta dos Malvedos (Graham's - Symington family). It is accessed by boat, car and train(Linha do Douro). It is also possible to see a very interesting bridge that represents a previous model of Porto's
Arrábida Bridge
The Arrábida Bridge is an arch bridge of reinforced concrete which carries six lanes of traffic over the Douro River, between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, in the Norte region of Portugal.
History
In March 1952, a preliminary project for a ro ...
, designed by
Edgar Cardoso Edgar Cardoso (11 May 1913, Resende – 5 July 2000, Porto) was a noted Portuguese civil engineer and university professor. In Portugal, Edgar Cardoso was a pioneer of experimental analysis of structures and of high precision instruments developed ...
.
Carrazeda de Ansiães
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