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D. Florinda — ESTAU, Estarreja Arte Urbana

2017 · Estarreja · Portugal

D. Florinda — ESTAU, Estarreja Arte Urbana — Walls work, 2017, Estarreja, Portugal

Rice cultivation in the wetlands of Salreu gives D. Florinda its historical centre. Created in September 2017 for ESTAU, at Rua Doutor Dionísio de Mouro 73, Estarreja, the portrait honours a farmer who, with her husband, Sr. Rola, kept traditional rice-field methods alive as that knowledge neared disappearance. On a prominent gable, it gives public scale to labour usually embedded in the landscape and absent from official representation. The wall's resistant layers echo the endurance the work commemorates: both shaped by repetition, pressure and time. Listed as a point of interest on the Grande Rota da Ria de Aveiro and confirmed extant through community sightings in 2025, the portrait ties Vhils' practice to the preservation of living heritage.

Year2017PlaceEstarreja, PortugalMediumWalls