Camilo Castelo Branco inspires network of 11 tourist cities

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 00:00

The works of Camilo Castelo Branco will lead to a cultural and tourist route that will link 11 national cities. Coimbra, Fafe, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Povoa de Varzim, Ribeira de Pena, Viana do Castelo, Vila do Conde, Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Real, Viseu and Vila Nova de Famalicão will promote joint tourism activities around the figure of the writer.

The announcement was made yesterday by the chairman of the Regional Tourism Organization of Porto, Northern Portugal, Melchior Moreira, during the First Meeting of Lands Camillians held in Famalicão. "It will be a tourist to the country and the world," stressed the official, for whom "Camilo holds a vast and rich cultural heritage that should be promoted and disseminated."

The 11 cities, which in 2004 had formed the joint Camillians Lands, will now create a sightseeing tour that will raise awareness of the most striking areas of the life of the writer, the chain of the Porto's house Seide, and pass by some of his most memorable premises. This network of cities under the sign of Camilo Castelo Branco will also promote joint cultural events to publicize the impact of copyright in each city.