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The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach )
The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach ). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach )
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Carcavelos
How work, access and surfing shaped Carcavelos.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Carcavelos was, until 2013, a civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Lisbon.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the surf map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Carcavelos before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Carcavelos.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Surfers at Carcavelos Portugal
Surfers at Carcavelos beach, Portugal. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Surfers at Carcavelos beach, Portugal
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
With the decline of the winemaking industry in the region, the attractiveness of its beaches have made the parish a destination for surfing, due to the waves here.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Carcavelos is recorded at 38.680° N, 9.340° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.CARCAVELOS.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.CARCAVELOS.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.CARCAVELOS.V00
The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach )
The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach ). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach )
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
TODAY
Carcavelos now
The parish was known for the Carcavelos wine.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
The surfer ( -Portugal -Carcavelos -atTheBeach )
AOD.EU.CARCAVELOS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Surfers at Carcavelos Portugal
AOD.EU.CARCAVELOS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Carcavelos overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.