November 23th

[Dr. António Macedo Auditorium]

09:00 – Opening of the secretariat

09:30 – Opening session

    José Manuel Ribeiro - Mayor of Valongo

    Vítor Gandra – President of Alto Relevo – Mountaineering Club

10:00 – Basics of Roman Mining

    João Moutinho – Coordinator of the Environment and Heritage Protection Section of ALTO RELEVO – Mountaineering Club

10:20 – Tourist Enhancement of the Fojo das Pombas Mining Complex: the case of Galeria G1

    Manuel Carneiro – Senior Technician of the Environment Division of the Municipality of Valongo

10h40 – Coffee break

11:00 am – Topographic Survey of Roman Mines in the Context of Speleological Exploration

    Vítor Gandra – Coordinator of the Speleology Section of the Alto Relevo – Mountaineering Club

11h30 –Not everything is Roman! The question of the criteria for dating old mines

   Emmanuelle Meunier - TRACES, Toulouse, France

12:00 – Roman Mining seen by aerial LiDAR in the Valongo Anticline

    Alexandre Lima – Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto

12:30 – Roman Mines as Biodiversity Refuges - Knowing and Conserving

    Raquel Viterbo – Association of Municipalities Parque das Serras do Porto

 

13:00 - Lunch (included in registration)

    Rooftop of the Regueifa and Biscuit Workshop

 

14:30 – International Project “Underground Unit” - Experiments about accessible spelelogy 

    João Moutinho – Vice-Presidente of Alto Relevo – Clube de Montanhismo

14:45 - Roman mining and metallurgy in Riotinto

    Luis Iglesias García – Atalaya Riotinto Minera

15:15 – Three-dimensional survey of the Roman Mining Complex of Fojo das Pombas – Techniques, Instruments and Results

    João Moutinho – Coordinator of the Environment and Heritage Protection Section of Alto Relevo – Mountaineering Club

15h45 –Territorium metallorum Tresminas / Jales - – Um Tesouro de Mineração no Império Romano

   Regula Wahl – Instituto de Ciências Arqueológicas, Departamento de Arqueologia e História das Províncias Romanas - Universidade Goethe Frankfurt am Main

16h15 – The canals of Las Médulas (León-Spain): a project with tourism potential

    Roberto Matías Rodríguez – Instituto de Estudios Cabreireses-SEDPGYM

16:45 - Round Table - The Potential for Territorial Enhancement of the Roman Mining Heritage

    Moderator: Gisela Afonso Martins - Valongo's Municipality

1.    José Manuel Ribeiro – President of the Executive Board of Parque das Serras do Porto
2.    Luis Iglesias García – Atalaya Riotinto Minera
3.    Roberto Matías Rodríguez – Instituto de Estudios Cabreireses-SEDPGYM
4.    Alexandre Lima – Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
5.    Emmanuelle Meunier - TRACES, Toulouse, France
6.       Regula Wahl - Universidade Goethe Frankfurt am Main
7.    Vitor Gandra – Alto Relevo – Mountaineering Club

17:30 – Closing of the sessions of the first day

    Instructions for the next day's mine visits