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Uploaded by on Feb 15, 2009

The  small  village  of  Vila  Cova  à  Coelheira,  located  somewhere  in  the 
middle‐north  of  Portugal,  is  considered  as  one  of  the  capitals  of  ecology.    There 
flows  a  small  river  called  Côvo,  affluent  of  river  Paiva,  the  later  referred  as 
the  cleanest  river  known  in  Europe.    In  that  little  river,  one  can  find  the  so‐called 
Vareiros  watermills.  Constructed  somewhere  in  the  19th  century,  they  had 
been  widely  used  to  produce  flour  for  the  population.  Although  their  best 
performance  happened  between  the  end  of  the  19th  century  and  the  early  fifties, 
the  period  when  they  where  regarded  as  a  local  flour  industry,  these  mills  can nowadays  be  found  in  an  excellent  state  of  conservation.  Actually,  one  can confirm  that  they  still  work,  especially  when  someone  kindly  asks  for  some  corn, wheat  or
  flour.

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