Pico Alto, Messines, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Torgut
N 37° 15.723 W 008° 13.729
29S E 568381 N 4124221
Former one-room school of Pico Alto, now an interpretative center for the surrounding nature
Waymark Code: WMEWB8
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date Posted: 07/13/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member The Blue Quasar
Views: 5

The small village of Pico Alto has no more than 10 inhabitants. But in the good old days as many as 60 people lived here and they had their own school. As the population decreased the school was renovated and is now an interpretative center, a part of the hiking trail which starts and ends here.
Original or Re-creation?: Original

Address:
Escola Primária
Pico AltoPortugal


Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no

Year the school first opened.: Not listed

Year the school closed.: Not listed

Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: Not Listed

Web Address (if available): Not listed

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