MONDAY 6 october at 18h00
Municipal Library Tavira
Noras in the Algarve and Water Features in the Gardens of Andalusia
with Isabel Blaser
In this presentation, Isabel shows that the Arabs who came to the Iberian Peninsula in the eighth century had inherited hydraulic technologies from their forebears in the deserts of the Middle East. They brought these technologies with them to Iberia and introduced here techniques for raising, storing and channelling water which were new to Iberia. In the hot and dry climate of the Iberian Peninsula, they introduced innovative and intensive irrigation which allowed them to introduce new crops into the region. Even nowadays we still see in the Algarve the many old wells with impressive gear wheels standing near rivers and streams and in close proximity to orange groves. These devices are called Noras, and this name comes from the Arabic word Noura, which designates the gear wheel for raising water. In this presentation Isabel goes on to show the link between the water features of Islamic gardens and water devices used in agriculture. This talk is open to everyone.
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