Fátima Matos Silva

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• Doctor in Archaeology
• Associate professeur at Universidade Portucalense

The north of Portugal and Porto, a city recognised as a World Heritage Site, stand out for their rich historical trajectory, fostering a continuous increase in tourists over the past decade. This distinction has played a crucial role in acknowledging cultural and landscape heritage while promoting a heightened flow of visitors to the region. Portug...

Research outputs in higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucially dependent on the research management process. Departing from a SWOT analysis, the main objective of this paper is to analyze the perceptions of stakeholders (researchers, teachers, and senior research managers) regarding the main strengths and weaknesses of HEIs, as well as asse...

Heritage is a vital expression of societies, revealed in the generational transmission of material testimonies, customs, traditions, and values. Revitalizing places through heritage and cultural memories for sustainable tourism not only centers on preserving cultural, historical, and natural landmarks but also holds the potential to significantly f...

This Special Issue invites interdisciplinary perspectives from art, theology, philosophy, anthropology, and cultural studies, among others, to illuminate the transformative power of artistic languages connected to the metaphysical and the divine. Simultaneously, contemporary reinterpretations of the sacred through abstract and non-representational...

The primary purpose of this article is to present the results of a SWOT analysis of research management in higher education institutions in Bolivia and Paraguay. When managing research, it is crucial to comprehensively understand the internal and external factors that might influence the efficacy of the research management process within higher edu...

This research explores the perceptions of tourists regarding the state and sustainable management of tangible cultural heritage in the city of Porto (Portugal), the destination recognised for its historical and cultural heritage. Porto attracts a growing number of tourists due to its rich heritage, encompassing cultural, architectural, and scenic e...

Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) are critical for biodiversity conservation and ecological balance. These areas are not only refuges for wildlife but also pivotal in promoting sustainable tourism. Geoparks, a unique subset of NPAs, emphasize geological heritage, offering distinctive educational and recreational opportunities. This article explores th...

This study explores the intricate relationship between Baroque religious architecture and the transformation of the territory in Paredes de Coura, Portugal. Between the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 19th century, Paredes de Coura, located in northern Portugal, gradually transformed its religious spaces and buildings. Par...

Natural Protected Areas (NPAs) are critical for biodiversity conservation and ecological balance. These areas are not only refuges for wildlife but also pivotal in promoting sustainable tourism. Geoparks, a unique subset of NPAs, emphasize geological heritage, offering distinctive educational and recreational opportunities. This article explores th...

Definition The history of women archaeologists in Portugal and their contribution to the development of the discipline is yet to be studied. However, in recent years, some articles published in Portugal have contributed to the construction of this history. Some of these are from the year 2020, and although the coronavirus pandemic has affected the...

Pollution is a constant threat to cultural heritage, mainly affecting its constituent materials, and it is urgent to implement mitigation and adaptation measures to prevent pollution. The city of Porto currently has several initiatives that aim to prepare this municipality for climate change adaptation. This article aims to study the impact of poll...

Heritage visits represent one of the main drivers of the dynamics of historic centres and the development of conservation, safeguarding, and sustainability of the heritage in these places. We have witnessed a profound regeneration of the landscape of historic cities and a greater concern for the conservation of the historical heritage, resulting fr...

The history of pilgrimage routes and sacred places is intertwined with the history of humanity and has played a crucial role in the development of territories over the centuries. These routes have been responsible for creating many localities and settling territories, creating sustainability that has made them last for generations. Pilgrimage rout...

In this research work, the issue of sustainability and accessibility in event tourism, more specifically in music events, making some considerations of the different conceptions identified in the current scientific literature, is discussed. An exploratory–descriptive survey study was carried out, focusing on quantitative analysis of the perspective...

This study focuses on how music festivals are evolving to meet the needs of the new environmental regulations and how they contribute to realising the Sustainable Development Goals. The case study is about the Salzburg Electronic Music Festival, also called the Electric Love Festival, which is held in the Fuschlsee area of the Salzkammergut and is...

The perception of safety is essential during tourist visits to historical monuments, whether they are built architectural heritage, civil, military, vernacular, or archaeological. This perception of security helps to guarantee, on the one hand, the physical integrity of visitors and, on the other hand, the preservation of different types of heritag...

To understand the concept of accessible tourism and its relationship with marketing, we need to define basic concepts such as universal accessibility and virtual accessibility. We must also know that universal accessibility must be considered, planned, and implemented for all. With these goals in mind, we have defined and provided some fundamental...

Destinations’ brands have a huge impact in tourism sector, since it allows to identify the most important valuable items for these destinations in terms of cultural, historical, and touristic perspectives. This article pretends to recognise the impact of city brands on the tourism sector in Porto (Portugal) and La Paz (Bolivia), through a research...

In this article, the authors seek to understand if improvement to the conditions of universal accessibility on the Portuguese Coastal Way to Santiago was one of the factors that contributed to the development of this Way and consequently the increase of pilgrims. To this end, an evolutionary analysis of the number of pilgrims was carried out, whi...

This research paper is based on the study of the evolution of pilgrimages on the Santiago Way, highlighting the Portuguese Way to Santiago—Central Portuguese Way and Coastal Portuguese Way—which has experienced massive popularity over the years. The primary objective of this work is to develop a comprehensive understanding of the pilgrims’ motivati...

The temple of San Francisco de La Paz is one of the best examples of the mestizo baroque style in Bolivia. The richness of the interior of the temple contributes to creating a theatrical and symbolic space, intending to evangelize and transmit the new values of the Catholic faith, through its iconographic programme. Our analysis highlights the diff...

The main objective of this article is to analyse how research management is carried out in some higher education institutions in Paraguay, based on the analysis of good practices analysis developed. It also analyses the virtual accessibility of how the information and the communication in research and science is carried out. Accessibility to digita...

The main objective of this article is to explore how research management is carried out in some higher education institutions in Bolivia, based on the analysis of good practices developed. Furthermore, the virtual accessibility of the information and communication in research and science is carried out. Accessibility to digital information of the i...

Events, as forms of leisure and tourism, have had an exponential growth, visible in academic studies, but also as a new form of communication. Acting as important tools for territorial dynamization, they are assumed as generators of development opportunities for a region and leverage the positioning of a strong and positive image for tourist destin...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the consumer behaviour regarding the use of online food delivery apps during Covid-19 sanitary restrictions in Portugal. The study explores the behaviour of consumers towards digital food ordering and delivery services, and its impact in the restaurant industry. An online survey was applied, via email and soc...

Montesinho Natural Park is one of the largest Portuguese natural protected areas, presenting good biodiversity and a cultural heritage with a strong connection to the territory and its people. It constitutes a low-density territory, characterized by a human and social landscape based on community practices, such as joint aid and the community use o...

Smart Cities are evolving in a rapid way and the fields of actuation are normally: Energy, Transport, Home Automation and Weather. In this research we address a particular component of Smart Cities, the Smart Tourism and in the tourism a particular branch, the Health and Wellness Tourism. We propose as an exploratory study based on design science r...

Being the most widely used global language, English has been exerting a tremendous influence around the world in various spheres of our lives. These comprise, amongst others, travel, tourism and hospitality industry, in all of which the use of English has become an imperative need. With its ever-growing importance, the role of English in travel, to...

Smart Cities are evolving in a rapid way and the fields of actuation are normally: Energy, Transport, Home Automation and Weather. In this research we address a particular component of Smart Cities, the Smart Tourism and in the tourism a particular branch, the Health and Wellness Tourism. We propose as an exploratory study based on design science r...

Being the most widely used global language, English has been exerting a tremendous influence around the world in various spheres of our lives. These comprise, among others, travel, tourism, and hospitality industry, in all of which the use of English has become an imperative need. With its ever-growing importance, the role of English in travel, tou...

The promotion and dissemination of cultural heritage, exhibited in Portuguese national museums, are of great importance, mainly in its educational aspect, but also as a foundation for the perpetuation of memory, both for the population in general and, above all, for children, adolescents and young adults. In this article, the main objective is to i...

In this article we discuss the problem of usability and virtual accessibility and its importance in the municipalities websites in the Vinhos Verdes and Douro demarcated regions. In this context, the main objective of this article is focused on the analysis, especially quantitative, of the websites from two major demarcated regions: Vinhos Verdes (...

In this article, it is evaluated the problem of accessibility to digital information on several websites, and its importance to the promotion of cultural heritage on European countries. The main objective is to understand how institutional web content related to European Cultural Heritage meets the accessibility requirements of the World Consortium...

The aim of this paper is to develop a holistic conceptual framework to support the development of effective management tools to preserve and explore the potential of a Portuguese low-density region – the Côa River Valley. The Côa River Valley was classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1998, recognizing the importance of heritage and natur...

In this chapter we address theproblem of accessibility and accessible tourism concerningthevarious types of information and communication, namely, the digital information resulting from technological innovation implemented in recent years in various websites. As we have been developing studies on the impacts of accessibility and accessible tourism,...

Globalization has affected the tourism industry as well as tourism products. The Internet has fundamentally reshaped the way tourism-related information is made available and how people plan and consume tourism products. Accessibility to all information must be guaranteed to users in general but also to users with special needs. The Web Content Acc...

In this article we discuss the problem of infoaccessibility and its importance in the promotion of tourist destinations. In the era of globalization and a perspective of constant competitiveness among the territories, a new paradigm arises in the way the tourist offer is available to any type of user, regardless their limitations. The relevance of...

The Papal Bull of the Brotherhood of the Most Holy of the parish of Óvoa, Viseu, of which we give knowledge here, is distinguished by its uniqueness of this illuminated diploma. It was produced in Rome in 1547, chronologically attributed to Pope Paul III. Nowadays, it lies in the custody of the Historical Archive of the Diocese of Viseu. In this fi...

RESUMENLos balnearios-sauna castreños del noroeste peninsular son monumentos con horno con una arquitectura muy original, posiblemente asociada a los diversos modelos termales. Se conocen cerca de tres decenas, distribuidos por el noroeste peninsular. La arquitectura compleja de estos monumentos se organiza estructuralmente hacia posibilitar baños...

In this paper we clarify some considerations about the enhancement of archaeological heritage of the hillforts or castros from the castreja culture of the Iron Age, located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (north of Portugal and Galicia). Some ideas and reflexions, regarding the aspects considered relevant at the time of elaborating enhanc...

Abstract: Tourism is a very common and widespread way of accessing culture and heritage. The growing importance of the religious tourism as an economic activity and a crowd mover, especially in destinations like Santiago de Compostela, has called the attention of researchers and stakeholders. The number of pilgrims is steadily growing and has come...

In this article the authors discuss the accessibility of religious architectural heritage, using the case of Santiago de Compostela and one of its routes: the Portuguese Central Way between Porto and Valença. The discussion includes a comparison with results obtained in a study of the itinerary between Tui and Santiago, made by Xunta de Galicia (20...

With this chapter, the authors intend to present the objectives of the research project that they have been developing related to the issue of accessibility of religious tourism and pilgrimages in the Portuguese Way to Santiago. The geographic focus covers the area of the Central Way between Porto and Valença. The developed research enables them to...

We will briefly outline the chronological evolution of the hill fort Iron Age of the northeastern peninsular, as well as the sauna resorts. These are monuments with an oven, hypogea construction type, with a unique, complex architecture; despite having some constructive uniformity, present a significant architectural variety also associated, probab...

RESUMEN Se presentan algunas consideraciones acerca de conceptos, legislación e historial de valorización del patrimonio arqueológico de los poblados fortificados de la cultura castreña de la Edad del Hierro, situados en el noroeste de la península ibérica (norte de Portugal y Galicia). Se incluyen además algunas ideas y reflexiones relativas a aqu...

RESUMEN Los pocos elementos que teníamos sobre el asentamiento de la edad del hierro de Cristelo (Paredes de Coura, Minho) nos llevaron a creer que fue un asentamiento que cronológicamente tendría una ocupación posterior-romana-que los poblados que habíamos excavado hasta ahora en esta área geográfica. Varias hipótesis y puntos de partida necesitab...

Tesis Univ. Granada. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología. Leída el 9 de junio de 2008

Apresentam-se, sumariamente, os resultados obtidos através do Projecto de Musealização e Divulgação do Povoado Fortificado de Cossourado que beneficiou uma estação arqueológica de importância relevante no contexto da “Cultura Castreja” do Alto Minho. Com esta iniciativa, realizou-se uma vasta série de acções, nomeadamente: conservação e restauro das...

Resum Neste trabalho apresentamos um ensaio de síntese, sem pretensões exaustivas, sobre os diversos modelos interpretativos sócio-culturais e a evolução cronológica da Cultura Castreja da Idade do Ferro. Sumária e pontualmente inserimos alguns novos dados da área geográfica que temos vindo a estudar-a bacia superior do rio Coura-nas problemáticas...

O presente trabalho relata uma experiência de "História ao Vivo" realizada no Povoado Fortificado de Cossourado, em Paredes de Coura, no ano lectivo de 1999/2000, por alunos da Escola E.B. 2,3/S de Paredes de Coura, no âmbito do projecto da Área-Escola. Palavras-chave: "História ao vivo". Povoado Fortificado de Cossourado. Idade do Ferro.

Neste trabalho apresenta-se, sumariamente, os resultados obtidos através do Projecto de Musealização e Divulgação do Povoado Fortificado de Cossourado que, durante os anos de 1997 e 1998, beneficiou uma estação arqueológica de importância relevante no contexto da "Cultura Castreja" do Alto Minho. Com esta iniciativa, realizou-se uma vasta série de...

The present work is part of a wider project studying the characteristics, manufacture, decoration and raw-material, studying, in short, the part played by the “cossoiros” in the so called “textile economy” and in the society of several villages (“castros”) located by lhe sea as well as in lhe interior part of the region called “Entre Douro e Minho”...