RT journal article
T1 Water Planning in Alcobaça Cistercian Lands
T2 O ordenamento hidráulico no território Cisterciense de Alcobaça
A1 Maduro, Antonio Valerio
A1 de Mascarenhas, José Manuel
A1 Ferreira Jorge, Virgolino
K1 Hydraulic landscapes
K1 Canals
K1 Cistercians
K1 Alcobaça Abbey
AB This paper concerns the main domain (coutos) of the Cistercian Abbey of Alcobaça (central Portugal), founded in 1153. It shows the involvement of the monks in shaping hydraulic landscapes along time. This monastic territory is limited westwards by the Atlantic ocean with a cliff coast indented by two large gulfs, the former Pederneira and Alfeizerão lagoons, sanded up presently. These landscapes have been consolidated along with the monks’ intervention in the hydrographic plan, particularly through a network of canals, the types of which can be summarized as follows: canals for water conveyance and evacuation,  to and from the abbey buildings; canals related with water-powered engines as grain-, oil-, saw-  and fulling-mills, forges and other industrial devices; canals consequent to the diversion of rivers and streams with two main purposes:   to drain the fields in order to improve the marshes for agricultural use, and to irrigate cultures.
SN 2443-9762
YR 2017
FD 2017-05-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/19312
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/19312
LA und
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-may-2026