The AFA to discover what you do not see. Report of the JORNAL DE NOTICIAS of the works carried out by an AFA team in the church of Travanca, Santa Maria da Feira.

Archaeological excavations carried out in the Church of Travanca, made known 380 graves, some of which came from the Middle Ages, about a thousand years ago. The ship was all excavated, as well as the high altar and the south facing. "Some 380 graves have been discovered and excavated, but not all of them are intact," Carlos Ferreira, an archeologist with the archaeological firm "AFA", said, along with Linda Melo, an anthropologist, and João Abrantes, an archaeologist, studying the site. Some objects like buttons, rosaries and rosaries were found. The vast majority of the graves are contemporary, the oldest being about 100 years old. There are traces that point to the existence of people of various ages. Along with what remains of the bodies were found some objects like buttons, rosaries and rosaries. There are also vestiges of a building before the current church and anthropomorphic tombs.