Category: Civil Architecture > Museum
District: Santarém > Golegã > Golegã > São Caetano
The Old Primary School is located in the São Caetano urbanisation, a quiet and predominantly residential area in the locality of Golegã. This positioning allows visitors to experience the village's more genuine, everyday atmosphere, away from the bustle of other areas, yet still easily accessible.
It is situated in an environment that invites a calmer pace, offering a perspective on the community's daily life. The São Caetano area, within Golegã, maintains the essence of a historic zone, where local life unfolds serenely.
In this building that once served as a classroom, a space dedicated to the fascinating history of the planet and humanity is now on display. It is possible to explore life's long journey, from its earliest forms to the emergence of the human being.
The site focuses on the physical and technological evolution of our ancestors, revealing how the first communities developed and adapted over millennia. It offers an opportunity to understand the milestones of prehistory, contextualising our own existence within a remote past.
The very architecture of the Old Primary School of São Caetano evokes its original function, maintaining the typical design of neighbourhood schools from the last century. It is an example of local education from other times, now transformed into a centre of knowledge and discovery.
The building's conversion into a platform for geohistory and prehistory underlines the continuity of its educational purpose, but with a much wider scope, inviting visitors to reflect on the vastness of time and the complexity of evolution.
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt
Coordinates DD: 39.4403387,-8.4537685
Coordinates DMS: 39°26'25.2"N 08°27'13.6"W
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