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Portugal, Rovisco Pais, Coimbra

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Rovisco Pais staff housing

Rovisco Pais, Staff Housing

Kitchen and Laundry

View of Rovisco Pais foregrounding the Kitchen and Laundry

The Church

The Church

Entrance to the Church

Entrance to the Church

Church with separate sections for the segregation of men and women

The Church at Rovisco Pais had separate sections for the segregation of men and women

Convent

The Convent at Rovisco Pais

Pavillion

The Front View of the Rovisco Pais Pavillion

Plan of Rovisco Pais

Plan of Rovisco Pais

Map for Patrols

Map for Mobile Patrols in the Vila Real District

Detail of the Mobile Patrol Map

Detail of the Mobile Patrol Map showing the location of cases

Box for Files

Wooden Box for Storing Files for the Mobile Patrols

Creche

The creche at Rovisco Pais

Children in Fancy Dress

The creche children dressed up for Christmas

Party in Family Section

A celebration in the section for families

Rovisco Pais - Celebration

A celebration at Rovisco Pais

Women working groups

Women working in groups at Rovisco Pais

Women sewing

Working group of women sewing

Men working in the fields

Men working in the fields with lifestock, probably in the late 1940s or early 1950s

Men working with bullock dray

Men working in the fields, close to the administration building, which can be seen behind the wall. There it was also where the sisters lived on the top floor of the what is called the little convent.

Men working

The same image as in the previous photograph, but taken from a different angle

Women working in the fields

Women working in the fields, with men behind in a second line

Building works carried out by residents

A work brigade for laying bricks

Shoemaking

The working brigade of shoemakers, note the mix of ages

Staff of the Mobile Brigade

The staff of the mobile brigades. The white car has "Hospital Rovisco Pais" on the front door.

Creche at Rovisco Pais

A child hospitalised under the care of one of the sisters

Children in the Care of Rovisco Pais

Children, from toddlers to adolescents, under the care of Rovisco Pais. This photograph is probably taken in front of the Preventório

Children in the Playground

Children in the playground at Rovisco Pais

 
 


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