Materials provided by nature alone, allowed for the artists to create various utensils and moulding each object according to their domestic and agricultural needs. Combining skill and resourcefulness with expertise and spirituality, each piece became a work of Art.
In Baião you are welcome to enjoy the craftsmanship of the walking-canes “Bengalas de Gestaçô” and the baskets “Cestas de Frende” made of broom plant and the carpentry and mosaic works.
Famous for their original folding technique and their decoration, Gestaçô canes are also well known to university students, since thousands of canes come out of the hands of the artisans of this parish every year ...
Harvested in the Serra do Montemuro (Resende, Cinfães and Castro Daire), it is in the place of S. João do Castelo, in Frende (county of Baião), that are made the baskets of gesta worst. Different sizes and shapes also allow different ...