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Opened in 2006, this small museum is installed in Castanholas windmill (1948), which operated until 1995, and was then acquired by the City of Cadaval. It has four couples of millstones that milled the wheat and corn, with high productivity thanks to the tall tower with metal frame.
Nowadays, it houses an exhibition on Cadaval mills and its various types, the work of millers and Cereal cycle in its different phases, such as plowing, sowing, hay harvesting, threshing, cleaning the grain, their storage and finally grinding.
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Castanholas Windmill Museologic Nuclei
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Opened in 2006, this small museum is installed in Castanholas windmill (1948), which operated until 1995, and was then acquired by the City of Cadaval. It has four couples of millstones that milled the wheat and corn, with high productivity thanks to the tall tower with metal frame.
Nowadays, it houses an exhibition on Cadaval mills and its various types, the work of millers and Cereal cycle in its different phases, such as plowing, sowing, hay harvesting, threshing, cleaning the grain, their storage and finally grinding.
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Lisboa e Vale do Tejo
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Cadaval
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Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape
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Município do Cadaval
Identification and Access
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By car
Access from:
- Alenquer (more or less 28 km) – take N9, N365 and N115 to Cadaval.
In Cadaval follow to Biblioteca Municipal by R. das Castanholas and turn to R. do Moinho (one way only). The mill is after the public library.
Contacts, Schedules and other informations
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Museum (nuclei)
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Exhibition | interpretation space of natural and cultural values
Guided tours
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Núcleo Museológico do Moinho das Castanholas
Rua do Moinho
2550-184 Cadaval
Telephone: (00351) 262 690 166
E-mail: museu@cm-cadaval.pt
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Open only by previous booking.
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