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Museu Etnográfico da Pampilhosa
Mealhada
Presentation
This museum is housed in the former barn of Freiras (nuns) of Lorvão, and collects and exhibits ethnographical material relating to pig breeding (fictional; documental archives;bibliography). It is an activity with secular roots in the Mealhada region and whose highest exponent is the famous Leitão da Bairrada (oven-roasted suckling pig).