{"id":19808,"date":"2025-03-12T14:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/others\/historical-pieces\/plough\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:02:57","slug":"plough","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/en\/others\/historical-pieces\/plough\/","title":{"rendered":"Plough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"218\">The plough is one of the most emblematic agricultural tools used in the farming practices of these islands over the centuries.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"526\">The Terceira plough highlighted here is of the radial type, one of the most archaic forms, as its three structural components \u2013 the <strong data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"361\">share<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"380\">tailpiece<\/strong>, and the <strong data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"398\">beam<\/strong> \u2013 converge at a single vertex, providing the balance necessary for tilling the soil and giving it a striking formal elegance.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"810\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">It belongs to the MAH\u2019s Ethnography Collection and is displayed in the first section of the long-term exhibition <em data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"702\">\u201cFrom the Sea and the Land\u2026 a History of the Atlantic\u201d<\/em>, entitled <em data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"750\">\u201cKnowledge of the Atlantic Islands\u201d<\/em>, which explores the discovery and settlement of the Azores.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12539 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-52.jpg 630w, https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-52-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The plough is one of the most emblematic agricultural tools used in the farming practices of these islands over the centuries. &#13; The Terceira plough highlighted here is of the radial type, one of the most archaic forms, as its three structural components \u2013 the share, the tailpiece, and the beam \u2013 converge at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":19114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19808","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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