About
Method and sources
How the essays on this site are written, which sources we use and how we handle images and citations.
This page explains how the Patrimónios project works. It complements the about page, which describes its scope.
How we write
Each essay is written from scratch and reviewed before publication. We aim for a register that sits between academic rigour and ordinary reading: factually reliable, but written for those who are not specialists. We always distinguish what is established fact from what is interpretive reading — the latter acknowledged as such, and never presented as consensus.
Sources
Factual claims rest on reference academic bibliography, listed and annotated in Publications. We favour recognised syntheses and, wherever possible, primary and institutional sources — the Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage (DGPC), the UNESCO bodies, the national museums and the archives.
Images
The photographs come from the public domain or from collections under a Creative Commons licence. Each image indicates the author and the relevant licence in the caption. We do not use images whose provenance or licensing we cannot verify. If an incorrect attribution is detected, we are grateful for the correction.
How to cite
You may cite an essay by indicating the title, the name of the site (Patrimónios) and the page address. The texts are original and the responsibility of the project; they neither reproduce nor paraphrase third-party content without acknowledgement.
Languages
The site is published in five languages — Portuguese, English, French, Spanish and German. The Portuguese version is the reference; the others are translations edited from it.