This was a former cod factory founded in the 1950s, ‘Seca do Bacalhau’ meaning ‘Dry of Cod’ in Portuguese. It’s a large site with a lighthouse, water tower, fish farming area, and living quarters for the workers. There was a documentary made of the women workers who worked there, mostly in slave like conditions (As raparigas da Murtosa e a seca do bacalhau). It’s quite a sad site really knowing the history. The site was heavily vandalised and open to explore, I didn’t dare to go up the inside of the lighthouse though. It’s the scale, history and setting which make this site interesting.
