As levadas são as infraestruturas mais extraordinárias realizadas pelo povo madeirense.A sua construção foi uma preocupação desde o início da colonização, afim de redistribuir a enorme abundância de água do interior para as localidades mais litorais. O trajecto pela levada do Pico dos Eiroses, em Gaula, inserido na Rota da Água é um exemplo perfeito desta dimensão pelo seu aproveitamento complementar nos moínhos de água, poços de retenção e lavadouros públicos como o desenhado por Chorão Ramalho, ao lado da Ponte Velha.
The levadas are the most extraordinary infrastructures made by the Madeiran people.
Its construction has been a concern since the beginning of colonization, in order to redistribute the enormous abundance of water from the interior to the coastal locations. The route by the Pico dos Eiroses in Gaula is a perfect example of this dimension by its complementary use in water mills, retention wells and public washers such as the one designed by Portuguese well know architect Chorão Ramalho, next to the Ponte Velha.
Its construction has been a concern since the beginning of colonization, in order to redistribute the enormous abundance of water from the interior to the coastal locations. The route by the Pico dos Eiroses in Gaula is a perfect example of this dimension by its complementary use in water mills, retention wells and public washers such as the one designed by Portuguese well know architect Chorão Ramalho, next to the Ponte Velha.
The levadas are the most extraordinary infrastructures made by the Madeiran people.Its construction has been a concern since the beginning of colonization, in order to redistribute the enormous abundance of water from the interior to the coastal locations. The route by the Pico dos Eiroses in Gaula is a perfect example of this dimension by its complementary use in water mills, retention wells and public washers such as the one designed by Portuguese well know architect Chorão Ramalho, next to the Ponte Velha.
Die Levadas sind wohl die außergewöhnlichsten Infrastrukturen, die das madeirensische Volk hervorgebracht hat. Schon zu Beginn der Kolonisierung war man durch ihre Konstruktion bestrebt, den enormen Wasserreichtum im Inselinneren auf die trockeneren Orte in Küstennähe umzuverteilen. Die Strecke entlang des Pico dos Eiroses in Gaula im Rahmen der Wasser-Route Rota da Água ist ein Paradebeispiel dieses Bestrebens, noch verstärkt durch das zusätzliche Nutzen in Wassermühlen, Brunnen und öffentlichen Waschplätzen, wie der von Chorão Ramalho Entworfene neben der Ponte Velha.