Roteiro Levantado do Chão

The Levantado do Chão Literary Route shows the places where the most striking episodes of the work unfold, through a historical and social contextualization of its themes, including testimonies about the women and men who inspired the main stories and characters of the plot of Levantado do Chão. It also invites you to learn about the biographical aspects related to José Saramago's stay in Lavre, a place where the author went to in 1976, with the purpose of documenting himself to write what would become his first great novel.

The three thematic routes are arranged as follows:

1st Thematic Route
The Raised On This Floor
Years 1933/74 - The Repression of the Dictatorship in the Alentejo

LISBON
João Mau-Tempo - resistance and freedom
José Saramago Foundation
Museum of Aljube
Commerce Square
Terreiro do Paço Station

MONTEMOR-O-NOVO
Germano Vidigal and José Adelino dos Santos
Bullring
Ethnology Center - Local Museum
GNR Tour
Castle
Interpretative Center Raised from the Ground
town hall
Municipal Archive

2nd Thematic Route
Resistance: «João Mau-Tempo» and the struggle of the Alentejo Agricultural Proletariat
First years of the century. XX - Resignation and Banditry

ÉVORA
The Myth of Salazarist Portugal
Bullring - João Mau-Tempo at the anti-communist rally of 1937

SANTIAGO DO ESCOURAL
The 70s - Agrarian Reform
Largo de Santiago do Escoural - The murders of Casquinha and Caravela
Santiago do Escoural Church - A church that used to be a school

SAINT CRISTOPHER
Resignation and Banditry
Largo de São Cristóvão - The first change of Sara da Conceição and Domingos Mau-Tempo
Rua dos Sapateiros - The Mau-Tempo dwelling
The Taberna - The resignation of Bad Weather and the Stories of Zé Rato

SÃO GERALDO
1940s / 60s - Revolutionary Militancy
Largo de São Geraldo - The militancy of João Mau-Tempo

CIBORRO
The 10s - Culture and Education
Largo do Povo do Ciborro - The Galician house
Escola Primária do Ciborro - The school time of João Mau-Tempo

3rd Thematic Route
José Saramago in Monte-Lavre
1970s - People and places raised

LAVRE
Mariana and João Besuga's house
East Wind Consumer Cooperative
José Saramago Reading House
Grocery store by Maria Graniza (Maria Saraiva)
Casa dos Mau-Tempo (João Serra and Júlia Oliveira)
Ponte Cava