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Canal through the Aveiro Lagoon

Aveiro, Portugal

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Canal through the Aveiro Lagoon
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Aveiro was granted city status by King Dom José I in 1759. Its history is bound up with salt: the earliest references to the mineral date back to 959. Synonymous with the city of Aveiro are ovos moles (literally, ‘soft eggs’), a traditional delicacy made of egg yolks that trace their origins to nuns in the 16th century. Between 2011 and 2021, the city’s population grew around 3.1%, climbing to almost 81 000 residents. One factor behind this growth is the University of Aveiro, founded in 1973. The city’s connection to the natural world is widely known: one need only think of its lagoon or the São Jacinto Dunes Nature Reserve. The city’s efforts to preserve its architectural heritage have earned it international recognition as Portugal’s open-air art nouveau museum.

Examples of projects and initiatives supported by the EU

SOMA Sounds and Memoirs of Aveiro Construction of a collaborative file of sound and memory for the Aveiro region

The SOMA project (Sounds and Memories of Aveiro), developed by the University of Aveiro, received EU funding for 85 % of its costs, with a total budget of EUR 239 812. One of its goals was building a physical and digital space dedicated to the music and sounds of the Aveiro region. SOMA also aimed to be a space for innovation, social transformation and academic production. 

Infrastructure of the Logistics and Industrial Activities Zone of the Port of Aveiro (ZALI)

The ‘Infrastructure of the Port of Aveiro Logistics and Industrial Activities Zone (ZALI)’ project received 85 % of its financing from EU funds. The aim was to develop a port logistics platform with road-rail links to attract logistics operators and companies and make the Port of Aveiro more competitive. 

Aveiro STEAM City

The Aveiro STEAM City project received EUR 4 892 732 from the European Regional Development Fund towards its total budget of EUR 6 115 915. Activities promoted by the project included the installation of Tech Labs in schools, the creation of a responsive Labour Observatory and the development of an urban data platform. 

Artificial feed of the coastal section of Costa Nova – Vagueira with inerts from the existing warehouse in the area of logistics and industrial activities of the Port of Aveiro

The project to artificially replenish the Costa Nova-Vagueira section of coastline with inert material from the Port of Aveiro, aimed to keep the Port of Aveiro navigable and return the dredged material to the coastline to combat coastal erosion to the south of the Port of Aveiro. The project received EUR 5 824 808 from the Cohesion Fund. 

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