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Eurocity of Guadiana, a unique Iberian territory

Ayamonte, Spain/Castro Marim, Portugal, Aug 31 (EFE).- (Camera: Carlos García). "The salt is in our blood," says Pedro Pires, a technician from the southern Portuguese town of Castro Marim, which together with Vila Real de Santo António and the Spanish town of Ayamonte across the Guadiana river that divides Portugal and Spain, makes up the so-called “Eurocity” of the Guadiana, a unique collaborative Iberian territory where salt production dates back to the Phoenicians. FOOTAGE OF AYAMONTE, HUELVA (SPAIN), CASTRO MARIM AND VILA REAL DE SAN ANTONIO (PORTUGAL). SOUNDBITES IN PORTUGUESE OF FILOMENA SINTRA, COUNCILOR OF CASTRO MARIM (PORTUGAL).1.- "We are a very close territory, it seems that we live in a common community in terms of space, but we have a different reality that often does not translate into the perception of those who visit us."2.- "We already have a Eurocitizen card to share services and use of public spaces like here. But it is a cultural transformation that has to be done, regardless of the official card, that this is still a dream ...".