The Muxagata stream meanders for about 20 kilometers southwest until it meets the Mondego River. At the bottom of a gentle valley, nestled between rocky slopes, the water has shaped the terrain with alluvium that fertilizes banks that were once forested, now transformed into meadows where goats and sheep graze peacefully.
Among dense alders, wildlife thrives as in a deciduous forest, while the neighboring slopes boast broom and rare oaks, a vivid portrait of the long dance between nature and humankind.