Francisco Silva

When, back in 1912, Fernando Pessoa announced in his articles A Nova Poesia Portuguesa Sociologicamente Considerada and Reincidindo "the brief appearance of the Supra-Cam es", he was imagining his triumphant appearance as the redeeming poet of a nation that had long hoped to see its glory days resurface. Twenty-two years before the publication of Mensagem, its author was already dreaming of a work that could surpass Os Lus adas in Portugal's mythical-poetic imagination. However, this grandiose desire to be able to change reality would come up against severe "foggy" conditions, which would only allow him to transform hope into a dream, conceiving a new form of heroism, characterized by confronting the absurdity of reality.

In "The Crossroads Of Europe," the reader is lifted into an unknown vehicle and set off to discover Europe's past and present. Hitchhiking from G teborg in Sweden to Toulouse in France, a young man has a whole continent before him. This adventure and quest for home will take him across mountains and fields, god forsaken wastelands and crowded cities. Headed home yet unsure of what he'll find, the narrator faces the reality of today's world. An inspiring story of self determination. In his autobiography of the two months he spent on the roads of Europe, Francisco Silva drives you away to Norway, Poland, Czech Rep., Germany, France and much more ... Home beneath our feet

Geograficamente enquadrado, o tema da ruralidade abordado segundo tr s perspectivas diferenciadas: atrav s das descri es do territ rio; da reconstru o das paisagens; das mem rias e dos elementos patrimoniais existentes. A partir das fontes escritas durante os s culos XVIII e XIX, que descrevem e caracterizam o territ rio, constr i-se uma imagem e desenha-se uma paisagem da qual persistem algumas mem rias materiais e imateriais. A localiza o geogr fica do territ rio de Almada e Seixal, na margem Sul do estu rio do Tejo, a par da proximidade da cidade de Lisboa, determinaram a hist ria da regi o e as transforma es s cio econ micas que nela se operaram. A Revolu o Industrial, que em Portugal se iniciou em finais do s culo XIX, transformou a paisagem rural, bem como as refer ncias identit rias das comunidades locais.