Ribeiradio will have a lake wich is already under construction and located within 500M from the farm.
Now Ribeiradio, the Quinta and all investors will be richer..
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The farm Quinta das Galegas, which Building date is unknown, was rebuilt in 190 and symbolizes an beautiful rarity in the Region. The farm is constituted by 12000m², from that 5000m² walled, a principal house, two additional houses, an lake with signing tower and a lot of different kinds of century trees.
The principal part of the farm has an area of 5000m² rounded by an old stone-wall, the principal House (ca. 350m²) with an beautiful front-yard. The house has a kitchen, a music room, 5 bedrooms, 4 WC´s, a small chapel-room dedicated to saints, a area for making wine, and other storage-areas.
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There are two additional buildings in stone with 84m ² and 110m ². These were used to manufacture wine (there is still a wine cellar), as an additional kitchen for cooking meat in the fireplace, and to have some animals.
Behind the main house is the old windmill. This was built to grind wheat and is a symbol for the technical modernization at the beginning of the 20th Century.
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The heart of the Quinta consists of a lake with about 200m ², which was built to breed fish. There is a lookout-tower with 4 meters used also as entrance for rowing boats. The whole area around the lake is decorated and built in 1900 style with Brazilian influences (the idea of paradise).
