Quinta da Cela, a agriculture farm society
patrimony located in the Lugar da Cela, Freguesia of São Jorge
of Vizela, Concelho of Felgueiras, na agriculture farm is in
transformation process for support to the Rural Tourism, having
reconverted the structures of the old houses and implemented
structures manufactured pré of shelter to the animals, inserted
at the forest.
These functional and space areas intend to
recover and dynamize the old farm residential nucleus, having
implemented a barbecue grill covered with larera and firewood
oven and support equipment, old wine cellar with recovered
skulls, Vinhos Verdes Route with proofs room and museum space
and swimming pool, as recreational activities and giving
continuity to time, to support spaces to the agricultural area
to maintain and to revitalize as the repopulation with sheep
octótone species and a Kennel with Serra da Estrela long hair
affix dog´s international certificate.
The dynamization alternatives and Tourism
support, exist by giving form and function to the existant
remaining constructions, caretakers old house and sequeiro.
In a located area in the proximities of the
farm´s entrances, of easy access and maintaining a certain
estrangement of the residential nucleus, the Cela´s Equine
Center is composed of:
Social Area - inserted at the
old house of caretakers, in the 1st floor, the house of the
administrator and Horsemanship Teacher and in the inferior floor
a social area, with bar / restaurant / living room, with strict
connection to the Equine Center.
Sale Post - located in the old
sequeiro, recovered and revitalized, staying all it original
volumetric structure. In the earthy floor a traditional kitchen
can be observed with fireplace, where they can be made
characteristic tidbits of the area, that will be marketed at the
own place and in the 1st floor an office with room of support
bath.
Boxes and Picadeiro - two new
structures, for operation of the Equine Center .The
constructions are located in an united way in the space,
pronouncing amongst themselves in an organic way and with
funcional and interrelation space .The natural topography land,
creates two different platforms, with functions equally
different, being the Equine Center located in an inferior
platform, which allows breaking the constructions volumetry of
larger dimension and in a higher platform the existent
constructions, that receive the social area and sale post
without, however losing the intrinsic connection between
compound of several components and the involving close. The
existent constructions, in granite, are maintained with the same
language as related to the used materials.
The language used in the new constructions,
tries to articulate with the pré-existent ones without
descaracterizaing and checking it continuity. The wood used in
the Equine Center, it is imposed to the stone, unloading the
volumetries.
The new and the old are interconnected,
without being depreciated the image essence that is intended to
be transmited.
Ovil - The préfabrication of
the sheeps shelter interferes in the forest landscape in growth,
constituted by chestnut trees, Beech trees, oaks, walnuts and
other species and the land was since times plowed remote and
destined to pasture cultivation and linen, checking this way the
continuity in green fodder.
The sheep will uses the 6,3 acres of the farm from October
till March and in the remaining 2,3 acres have permanent
grazing-ground, where the fences will be criteriously executed.