DIVOC vs COVID

 

 

DIVOC vs COVID is a project that deals with the rediscovery of the ancient pilgrims’ routes that cross Europe as a means to integrate arts in an European dimension and give teachers and students innovative and creative strategies to meet the needs of their communities. It will focus on three routes (via Francigena and two Saint James routes – the Portuguese and Via de la Plata ones) and, while walking, participants will gain knowledge of the historic monuments and the natural environment around them.

In fact, since the Middle Ages, the Santiago Paths has played a fundamental role in the development of the different cultures that make up the European identity.

It was a true “highway of knowledge”: a diffuser of the great cultural and artistic movements that were emerging across Europe, but it was also an incomparable demonstration of human solidarity. Walking along the Santiago paths is a journey through history and culture, born of the strength of devotion and spiritual beliefs.

 

Here you can find some information of the heritage present in St James coastal path (Portugal).

And here you can find some information about the three religions that coexisted for a few centuries in Portugal. Indeed, the troubled coexistence between religions was still possible until the expulsion of the two minority groups at the end of the 15th century.

 

The Hekal (Aron Ha Kodesh) is an essential element of a Synagogue. It can be a cabinet built-in the wall or not, but it is always a sacred place, turned to the East (towards Jerusalem) where Thorah scrolls are stored. In Porto we can find one Secret Synagogue that was known to have existed on the S. Miguel Street since mid-fifteenth century.