3D video recreation of the old Portomarin

[Bradypus]

I just came across an article and video about a project to create a virtual walk-through model of Portomarin as it was before the building of the new dam in 1963 forced the relocation of the town higher up the hill. Some fascinating snippets of film and images of the original town which is now lost. Very different from the modern sanitised version many of us are now familiar with!

Un paseo por el viejo Portomarín

La Xunta reconstruyó la antigua villa tal y como era antes de ser inundada por el embalse de Belesar en 1963. Este viaje virtual se puede realizar desde este martes de manera gratuita en el Gaiás

www.elprogreso.es

 

[ivar]

Very interesting... this is the video:

 

[Pafayac]

Thanks for this interesting dive in the past !
Who knows why this town is named Portomarin despite the fact it is not (no longer ?) a harbour and not at seaside ?

 

[mspath]

Thanks for this interesting dive in the past !
Who knows why this town is named Portomarin despite the fact it is not (no longer ?) a harbour and not at seaside ?

The original town of Portomarín was constructed and built next to a Roman bridge over the Minho River and first rebuilt in the Middle Ages. For more info check out this Wikipedia link and this in Galician Roots. The town name is said to derived from Pons Minea .

 

[Pafayac]

Yes but it was not on the seaside, yet.
However, "marin" sounds like related to "mar", to the sea...

 

[Kathar1na]

@Pafayac: Have a look here (point 55) or here. In short, the porto part does not refer to a port for ships or boats (remember Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ) and the marín part refers to the name Marinus.

Apparently, the name of the location is first documented in 792 as Portumarini in a document written in Latin.

 

[MickMac]

I just came across an article and video about a project to create a virtual walk-through model of Portomarin as it was before the building of the new dam in 1963 forced the relocation of the town higher up the hill. Some fascinating snippets of film and images of the original town which is now lost. Very different from the modern sanitised version many of us are now familiar with!

Un paseo por el viejo Portomarín

La Xunta reconstruyó la antigua villa tal y como era antes de ser inundada por el embalse de Belesar en 1963. Este viaje virtual se puede realizar desde este martes de manera gratuita en el Gaiás

www.elprogreso.es

From this traditional village to the modern Portmarin its sad, makes the modern town seem soulless.