CIAL, Alqueva Interpretation Centre, is based on an interpretative concept of the Alqueva Project that covers the territory, construction of infrastructures, complementary work and the EFMA’s remit.

CIAL’s three different sections are an exhibition and multimedia area, a 50 seats auditorium and a seating area for reading EDIA publications.

CIAL’s purpose is to provide information about the Alqueva Project to the thousands of visitors that come to the dam area every year.

The idea of a twin village was born after the submersion of Aldeia da Luz due to the construction of the Alqueva Dam and subsequent relocation of the village.

Luz Museum (Mourão, Évora) interprets the profound changes in the territory, such as the reconfiguration of the landscape and resulting social and cultural adjustment.

The museum is not limited to its collection and constitutes an opportunity to document the naturally rocky change process on the basis of a common past by refreshing memories for reconstruction of the village in a new setting.

The museum interprets general aspects like the region’s landscape, water and new identity and places it in the Alqueva area as a space of culture, art, memories and modernity.