From the garden to the grave – three dark sites related to the legend of Pedro and Inês

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https://doi.org/10.1344/THJ.2023.5.1

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dark tourism, dark literary tourism, legend of Pedro and Inês, literary tourism

Abstract

By combining an interpretive reading of the spaces, a study of DMOs marketing strategies and TripAdvisor ratings, this research aims to understand the role of literary constructions, symbols, and discourses in the development, positioning, and management of a dark literary site. Three specific places will be highlighted in relation to the biography of the legend of King Pedro I and Inês de Castro, the "skeleton queen", assessing how these heritage sites exploit the legend for place branding, attracting visitors and creating a strong identity. In addition, this article aims to evaluate how and to what extent three heritage sites—Santa Clara a Velha's Church, Quinta da Lágrimas in Coimbra, and Alcobaça Monastery—associate themselves with the legend of Pedro and Inês, in order to increase their attractiveness, concluding that all the literary resonances of these locations can be traced to Luís Vaz de Camões’ The Lusiads. As for the dark elements, while Quinta das Lágrimas and Alcobaça Monastery combine literary with a macabre appeal, notably Alcobaça, the darkest of the three, Santa a Clara a Velha's Church is primarily of a biographic nature. Additionally, the macabre use of the space in this case appears to overpower the literary associations.

Author Biographies

Laura Tallone, ISCAP, P. Porto

Laura Tallone has a degree in Letters and Literary and Technical-scientific Translation. She has an MA in Spcialized Translation and Interpreting. She holds the title of Translation Specialist, granted by P.PORTO. Currently, she is frequenting the PhD program in Translation and Paratranslation at the University of Vigo and is a part of the University of Vigo’s GAELT – Grupo de Análise e Estudo da Literatura e de Tradutoloxía project. She is a Spanish and Translation professor at ISCAP. She is a researcher at ISCAP’s CICE-ULA and CEI centres. She is a Translator and Simultaneous interpreter. She has made translations that have been published by Editorial Sudamericana (Buenos Aires), Fundação de Serralves, the Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Ed. Global Notícias, Conserveries mémorielles ʹ Revue trandisciplinaire de jeunes chercheurs (online), etc.

Marco Furtado, ISCAP, P. Porto

Marco António Furtado has a university degree in Modern Languages and Literatures – English and German Studies – by the Faculty of Letters of Porto University, Portugal. He has started his freelance professional career as a translator and interpreter (especially as a liaison interpreter), becoming later a secondary school teacher. He has finished his Master’s Degree in Bilingual and Intercultural German-Portuguese Studies at Minho University, Braga, Portugal, and holds a PhD Degree in Interpreting Studies by Vigo University, Spain. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Porto Accounting and Business School ISCAP-P.Porto. His research work is focused on Interpreting Studies, especially within the comparison between working conditions and interpreting quality regarding on site and remote interpreting modes. Furthermore, he is developing additional research work on Intercultural Studies, German Contemporary History and Culture, and German Culture for Business.

Marco Furtado is in charge of the Research Line in “Intercultural Studies in Business” since September 2019.

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2024-02-21

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Pascoal, S., Tallone, L. ., & Furtado, M. (2024). From the garden to the grave – three dark sites related to the legend of Pedro and Inês. Tourism and Heritage Journal, 5, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1344/THJ.2023.5.1

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