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- Em plena cidade de Viseu existe uma estrutura que intriga os arqueólogos até hoje. In the middle of the city of Viseu, there is a structure that puzzles (intrigues) archaeologists to this day.
- Trata-se da Cava de Viriato, This is the Cava de Viriato (Viriato's Pit),
- uma área com 38 hectares, an area with 38 hectares,
- rodeada por taludes com cerca de 7 metros que formam um octógono perfeito. surrounded by slopes of around 7 meters high that form a perfect octagon.
- Apesar de o nome estar associado ao mítico herói lusitano — Viriato — a história desta estrutura que reúne mais consenso atualmente, Although the name is associated with the Lusitanian mythical hero - Viriato - the history of this structure that currently gathers more consensus,
- é de que foi um forte construído pelos romanos, is that it was a fort built by the Romans,
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Vocabulary
atualmentecurrently, nowadays a cavapit in the ground o consensoconsensus erguidoerected os estudosstudies heróihero o taludeslope a teoriatheory o tronothrone
Expressions
em plenain full or in the middle of, depending on the context apesar dealthough, despite, even though Por volta dearound a certain time Hoje em diaNowadays, These days
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