Guarda à Casa!
Saving the Casa do Guarda is safeguarding the Serra de Ota.
The Casa do Guarda needs everyone's help. Together we can recover this heritage and preserve the Mata, the Serra, and the Canhão Cársico of Ota for future generations. Those who decide to help become true Monteiros da Ota.
- Funds raised
- €494.35
- Monteiros
- 15
Funds raised
Monteiros
The Guarda à Casa! operation
A House to save. A Serra to protect. A community to mobilize.
The Guarda à Casa! operation was born to save the Casa do Guarda, enhance the Mata, the Serra, and the Canhão Cársico of Ota, and mobilize a community of Monteiros around this heritage.
Casa do Guarda
The heart of the operation. The Casa do Guarda is fragile and needs urgent intervention to avoid being lost. Recovering it means returning to the community a place of memory, gathering, and future.
What we will recover
From urgency to reactivation of the Casa do Guarda
The priority is to save the Casa do Guarda: halt the degradation, ensure its safety, and prepare for a phased recovery. Afterwards, we want to bring it back to life as a space for memory, gathering, and support for the enhancement of the Mata, the Serra, and the Canhão Cársico of Ota.
- Stabilization and structural recovery of the Casa do Guarda
- Exhibition and interpretive space of the Canhão Cársico and the Castro de Ota
- Support for paths, trails, and Canhão Cársico
- Meeting place for the community and the Monteiros da Ota
The goal is to save the Casa do Guarda
Every contribution counts: donations, materials, services, equipment, or labor help us halt the degradation of the Casa do Guarda and return this place to the community.
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Voices of those who guard the Casa
“Being a Monteiro is giving back to the Serra what it has given us for generations.”
The Casa do Guarda needs you
In this first phase, all contributions are aimed at the urgent stabilization and recovery of the Casa do Guarda. You can help through donations, materials, equipment, services, or labor. All support is recorded and disclosed with complete transparency.
IBAN: PT50 0010 0000 7987 1290 1014 8
Those who help guard the Casa
The Guarda à Casa! operation grows thanks to the commitment of individuals, companies, associations, and institutions that have decided to help recover the Casa do Guarda.
Latest news
All news →Whoever helps the Casa becomes a Monteiro da Ota
Inspired by the ancient guardians of the Mata da Ota, the figure of the Monteiro da Ota today represents all those who help restore the Casa do Guarda: volunteers, donors, companies, associations, institutions, and citizens.
Casa do Guarda needs urgent intervention
The passage of storm Kristin has worsened existing vulnerabilities at Casa do Guarda, making its recovery even more urgent. The Guarda à Casa! operation is born to prevent the loss of this heritage of Serra de Ota.
The Guarda à Casa! operation is born to save the Casa do Guarda
The Parish Council of Ota, together with a group of Ota volunteers, launches the Guarda à Casa! operation, a community initiative to recover the Casa do Guarda, enhance the Serra de Ota, the former Mata da Ota, and the Canhão Cársico, and mobilize people, companies, associations, and institutions around this heritage.