EANA 2025 Conference
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Credit: Ciência Viva Lousal
The activity is limited to around 30 participants. COST: 50 €/person - including the tour bus and the guided visit to the Waldemar Mining Gallery and Centro Ciência Viva.
Departing time and location: 8h00 from IST (exact location will be provided closer to the date).
During the visit, we will have lunch together at a restaurant close by (cost not included).
Departing time from Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal: 16h00 (estimated arrival time in Lisboa: 17h30).
To register, please send an e-mail to eana-conference@eana-net.eu including your name, EANA-ID, affiliation, and whether there will be an accompanying person. We will provide you then with the bank details. The registration is only valid after a proof of payment is sent back to eana-conference@eana-net.eu.
Located in the village of Lousal, in the municipality of Grândola, the mine operated for almost a century, closing in 1988. It was subsequently revitalized and currently houses the Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal, an interactive center dedicated to scientific and technological dissemination, especially in areas such as geology, biology, chemistry, and physics.
Guided tours:
Waldemar Mining Gallery: This underground gallery, approximately 300 meters long, allows visitors to explore old mining facilities and learn about extraction techniques, local geology, and biological aspects of the subterranean environment.
Centro Ciência Viva: The Lousal Science Center invites visitors to travel back in time to the era when the Lousal mine was active, where minerals formed millions of years ago were mined by thousands of miners who cultivated their dreams, lived their loves, watched their children grow, and cared for their elders. Today, it is a land of the future again, a land reinvented by the will of many and sustained by the richest of minerals: Knowledge.
Relevance to Astrobiology:
Exploring extreme environments in the Waldemar Mining Gallery may offer parallels with subterranean conditions on other planets, providing valuable insights into life's adaptation to harsh conditions.
Accessibility from Lisbon:
Lousal is located approximately 120 km south of Lisbon, a bus journey of approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Equipment:
Comfortable clothing and footwear, suitable for walking on uneven and wet terrain.
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Conference programme | Social event | Conference dinner | Venue | Excursion | Access and accommodation
Excursion 25th October 2025 (Saturday) - Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal
Credit: Ciência Viva Lousal
The activity is limited to around 30 participants. COST: 50 €/person - including the tour bus and the guided visit to the Waldemar Mining Gallery and Centro Ciência Viva.
Departing time and location: 8h00 from IST (exact location will be provided closer to the date).
During the visit, we will have lunch together at a restaurant close by (cost not included).
Departing time from Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal: 16h00 (estimated arrival time in Lisboa: 17h30).
To register, please send an e-mail to eana-conference@eana-net.eu including your name, EANA-ID, affiliation, and whether there will be an accompanying person. We will provide you then with the bank details. The registration is only valid after a proof of payment is sent back to eana-conference@eana-net.eu.
Located in the village of Lousal, in the municipality of Grândola, the mine operated for almost a century, closing in 1988. It was subsequently revitalized and currently houses the Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal, an interactive center dedicated to scientific and technological dissemination, especially in areas such as geology, biology, chemistry, and physics.
Guided tours:
Waldemar Mining Gallery: This underground gallery, approximately 300 meters long, allows visitors to explore old mining facilities and learn about extraction techniques, local geology, and biological aspects of the subterranean environment.
Centro Ciência Viva: The Lousal Science Center invites visitors to travel back in time to the era when the Lousal mine was active, where minerals formed millions of years ago were mined by thousands of miners who cultivated their dreams, lived their loves, watched their children grow, and cared for their elders. Today, it is a land of the future again, a land reinvented by the will of many and sustained by the richest of minerals: Knowledge.
Relevance to Astrobiology:
Exploring extreme environments in the Waldemar Mining Gallery may offer parallels with subterranean conditions on other planets, providing valuable insights into life's adaptation to harsh conditions.
Accessibility from Lisbon:
Lousal is located approximately 120 km south of Lisbon, a bus journey of approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Equipment:
Comfortable clothing and footwear, suitable for walking on uneven and wet terrain.