Editing Valongo (section)

== Culture ==

'''Religious Patrimony'''

The municipality has a vast religious patrimony, which includes the Mother Churches, chapels, shrines, calvaries and cruises, often associated with religious festivities and local folk stories. ''Bugiada e Mouriscada'' is a festivity where populars stage a fight between ''Bugios'' ([[christians]]) and ''Mourisqueiros'' ( [[Infidel|non-believers]]) by the possession of [[John the Baptist]], alongside other folk and everyday lives activities.

'''Slate'''

There's a strong presence of [[slate]] [[mining]] industry and different transformative industries associated with slate, whose industrialization began in the 19th century and matured in the 20th century. Slate was formed 350 million years ago by a metamorphosis of shale, clay and volcanic ash that results to a fine-grained foliated rock. Common application and uses of slate can be found in [[Slate (writing)|writing slates]], [[blackboard]]s, as a [[roofing material]], for [[billiard table]] tops and in the decoration industry. The Slate Museum (''Museu da Lousa'') is located in the town of Campo.

'''Portuguese traditional toys'''

Alfena is home to an industry of handmade portuguese traditional toys, made using different kinds of available, and often recycled,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.verdadeiroolhar.pt/valongo-alfena-e-capital-do-brinquedo-ate-domingo-cfotos/|title=Alfena é a capital do brinquedo até domingo|date=29 September 2018}}</ref> materials including paper, wood, plate, celluloid and plastic. Toys often depict objects used in daily tasks.

'''''Regueifa'' and Biscuits'''

Regueifa is a form of [[bread]] popular in northern Portugal. The manufacture of bread in Valongo has been documented since the Middle Ages. In addition to being an indispensable daily food, a means of paying forums, it is likely that the biscuit was part of the sailors' rations during the period of the discoveries, thus paving the way for the manufacture of the biscuit that we know today. With the introduction of American big corn, the bread came to prominence and with the French invasions the “''mollet''” started to be produced. Currently, regueifa is considered a delicacy in the world of bread, with the regueifa of Valongo being famous in northern Portugal.