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Ladeiras

The village of Ladeiras sits along and below the N2 road from Góis to Pampilhosa da Serra. At an altitude of close to 500m it gives dramatic views up the Ceira valley. The name ‘Ladeira’ means ‘steep slope’, and the village sits protected from strong winds on the hillside. Despite the altitude, orange and lemon trees still grow in the village. ‘Ladeyras’ was recorded in the population census of 1527 as having three permanent dwellings.
The older part of Ladeiras is below the road: a series of xisto cottages line the road and open into a small square. The cobbles are made from a white limestone. The rest of the village, made up of newer houses, is between the main road and the lane that runs higher on the hillside. The Casa do Convivio, at the centre of the village, is painted bright yellow, and below it, down a flight of steps, is the old wash-house, There is a café in the basement of one of the old houses at the end of the village, next to the old font.

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An elderly woman of the village told us, that at a young age she had been responsible for 10 brothers and sisters after her mother died. She had to go  with a canister on her back full of maize twice a week to the mill at Soito Redondo, down on the river, to grind maize. This was so that she could bake the traditional ‘Broa’ bread to feed the family.
The olives grown around the village were pressed in the olive press at Góis, and the owners of the press used to come by ox cart to the villages of  Pena, Povorais, Roda Cimeira, Roda Fundeira and Ladeiras to collect the olives.

 
     
 
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