Trilho das Minas

The route begins in the center of the town of Góis, where you can visit the Góis museum collection (by appointment) or the numerous monuments that make up the historic center. Next, head toward the Parish Church, where you can visit the Renaissance tomb of D. Luís da Silveira (Lord of Góis) in the chancel—one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the upper Coimbra district.Then follow the trail next to the cemetery, where you can admire small plots of land used for cultivation, the traditional vegetable gardens. Next, keep an eye out for the remnants of small tungsten mines, which live up to the name of this route. Góis is a municipality with a rich history of mining, particularly tungsten extraction. This sector was of extreme importance between 1920 and 1940 for the survival and economic well-being of the local population. Climb through the mimosas to Municipal Road No. 543. A little further on, the climb up to Rabadão Hill begins. Along the way, you’ll come across small groves of chestnut and birch trees. On the hillside, you can enjoy the view over the Ceira Valley and the entire village of Góis. You’ll pass near the “Sword of Santiago,” a symbol carved into the vegetation in honor of the pilgrims who, for many centuries, traveled the Ways of St. James. The trail passes by the water source that supplies the Pombal Fountain and crosses the EM 543 again. Continue downhill through a centuries-old chestnut grove to the upper part of the village. Then cross the footbridge to return to Largo Francisco Inácio Dias Nogueira, also known as Largo do Pombal, your starting point. TUNGSTEN is a chemical element with the symbol W, atomic number 74, and relative atomic mass of 183.84 u. It is a shiny, grayish-white transition metal. It is found in minerals such as wolframite, scheelite, and tungstite. Due to its extreme hardness and high melting point, it is used in the coating of soil drilling bits, incandescent light bulb filaments, and in metal alloys