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As Gaspar Frutuoso says in Saudades da Terra, when the archipelago was occupied in the middle of the 15th century, people from all trades arrived, including blacksmiths, stonemasons, tailors, shoemakers, weavers and other mechanical trades. According to Vitorino Nemésio, insularism activates creative ingenuity, the environment acts on the artist. In this sense, traditional characteristics are preserved in their purest forms, and although they are subject to natural evolution, to successive contact with the outside world, they are not easily distorted, preserving, at least in part, what has resulted from tradition. In this Thematic Lunchtime Visit, led by MAH senior technicians Cátia Sousa and Maria Manuel Ribeiro, some crafts will be presented, based on objects from the Angra do Heroísmo Museum. 12H00-13H00 | Lunch service provided by Health2Go, by prior reservation via e-mail [email protected] or telephone 295 240 802 // Meal: €12.50