Report - Seca do Bacalhau – Alcochete - Portugal – Dec 2024

[curiousarchitect]

This was a former cod factory founded in the 1950s, ‘Seca do Bacalhau’ meaning ‘Dry of Cod’ in Portuguese. It’s a large site with a lighthouse, water tower, fish farming area, and living quarters for the workers. There was a documentary made of the women workers who worked there, mostly in slave like conditions (As raparigas da Murtosa e a seca do bacalhau). It’s quite a sad site really knowing the history. The site was heavily vandalised and open to explore, I didn’t dare to go up the inside of the lighthouse though. It’s the scale, history and setting which make this site interesting.

 

[gatopretorockey]

Nice report thanks, and thanks for the link too, I’ll read it in full later but I noticed that kids as young as 12 and 13 were dragged in. Different times. The lighthouse has surely got to be the only one in the world with ”Pesca” (Fish) written on all sides. I absolutely adore your final photo, the sunset. I could stare at it for hours. It almost makes the place look tranquil and belies it’s history.