This website was created, belongs to and is operated by Route of the Romanesque, a tourist-cultural project managed by VALSOUSA - Associação de Municípios do Vale do Sousa, a legal person under public law no. 502 599 189, with its registered office at Praça D. António Meireles, 45, 4620-130 Lousada, and its use is governed by these Terms & Conditions.

Acceptance of the Terms & Conditions

The user of the website (‘User’) recognises that by using this website they accept these Terms & Conditions.

Modification of the Terms & Conditions

The Route of the Romanesque reserves the right, at any time, without prior notice and with immediate effect, to change, add, update or delete, partially or totally, these Terms & Conditions.

The User must periodically check these Terms & Conditions to confirm whether any updates or changes have been made. If you do not agree with any of the rules of use, you should not use the website.

Access to the Website

Access to the website is not subject to registration. The Route of the Romanesque has the exclusive right, at any time, to suspend, partially or totally, access to the website, in particular (but not exclusively) during management, maintenance, repair, alteration or modernisation operations. The Route of the Romanesque may also choose to terminate, permanently or temporarily, partially or totally, at any time, the website or any of the services, without prior notice.

Use of the Website

Use of the website is subject to compliance with the following rules:

- Do not use the website to send or make available any content that is illegal, false, misleading, threatening, malicious, abusive, defamatory, insulting, invasive of privacy, racially, ethically or morally reprehensible, harmful or offensive to the dignity of persons or harmful to minors, or that may negatively affect the image of the Route of the Romanesque;

- Do not use the website to send or make available information or content that belongs to third parties and that you do not have the right to use, such as, for example, content protected by third party copyright or content containing third party personal data;

- Do not use the website to make available or transmit any type of material that contains or may contain viruses, worms, defects, trojan horses or other items or computer codes, files or programmes that are likely to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any equipment or computer system (hardware or software) or communications equipment;

- Do not use or exploit the website, including its contents, materials, functionalities or resources, for commercial purposes or in any way for payment (any content made available may be accessed for personal use only).

- Do not remove any copyright, trade mark or proprietary rights notices;

- Do not impersonate anyone or any entity, including, but not limited to, a Route of the Romanesque official, guide or receive someone as if they were a host, or falsely testify to kinship or connection with someone;

- Do not make available or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised content as SPAM;

- Do not collect, store, make available, transmit, exploit or reproduce information about other users (including user names and/or e-mail addresses) for unauthorised purposes.

In general, the User must use the website responsibly, prudently and carefully and must not disrupt or degrade the continuity, integrity and quality of its resources and functionalities.

The User recognises that their use of the website is at their own risk and they are solely responsible for any damage caused to their computer system and/or equipment or for any other damage or harm, including loss or damage to data, resulting from the use of the materials, content or information obtained in any way through the website.

In addition, the User recognises that, if he/she provides his/her data (identification, contact and bank details in the context of completing payment transactions), Route of the Romanesque will use its best efforts to guarantee the security of the information, but will not be responsible for the processing of such information by third parties (including entities providing payment services and financial transactions), nor will it be possible to eliminate the risks inherent in browsing data on an open network.

The User may access the website as a visitor. As such, you may view general information, such as information on the activities of the Route of the Romanesque, consult the agenda, among others.

Intellectual Property Rights

The User acknowledges that the website, its structure and layout, the selection, organisation and presentation of its content, including its functionalities and the software used therein, as well as the trademarks, logos and symbols displayed on the website, are the property of Route of the Romanesque or have been duly licensed in its favour.

The User further recognises that the contents of this website (texts, images, graphics, brands, sound and animation and all other information and elements on the website) are protected by intellectual property rights and their use is limited to the terms permitted by law and with identification of their origin.

It is up to Route of the Romanesque to manage the design, layout and arrangement of all the information, content and materials on the website, so Route of the Romanesque may, at any time, update, modify or delete any content, services, options or functionalities, as well as modify their presentation and configuration and change their URLs.

The User is not authorised to transmit, communicate to the public, publish, make available to the public, modify, transform, copy, sell, use or distribute, in any way, the texts, images or other information contained on this website or part of the website without the prior written authorisation of the Route of the Romanesque.

The User may access and use the contents and materials made available through this website for non-commercial purposes, subject to clear identification of the respective source (and link to it). Any changes to the material must be clearly identified and it may not be stated or in any way inferred that the use of the materials was authorised and/or supported at their source.

The distribution of derivative materials is prohibited. The User may not apply to third parties who access the materials any restrictions on their use by such third parties other than those which result for the User from these terms.

These terms and conditions are without prejudice to the protection of copyright and related rights conferred by the Code of Copyright and Related Rights, approved by Decree-Law 63/85 of 14 March, and other applicable legislation. The protection of personality rights is also safeguarded, under the terms of articles 70 to 81 of the Civil Code, approved by Decree-Law no. 47344 of 25 November 1966, and other applicable legislation.

The Route of the Romanesque allows access to and viewing of the documents, videos and images of its collection made available on this website, which under no circumstances may be reproduced, altered, distributed, commercialised, disseminated or transferred to third parties, unless previously authorised in writing by the Route of the Romanesque.

The Route of the Romanesque reserves the right to set restrictions, namely in terms of quality, or to condition the visualisation of part or all of these documents from its collection, for supervening reasons of an editorial or legal nature.

Access to and viewing of images and documents does not in itself imply the transfer of copyright and related rights over them or the granting of any licence.

Authorisation to use the documents, videos and images on this website must be requested from the Route of the Romanesque by emailing rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt.

The user must check for third party rights and obtain all other permissions necessary to carry out their activities without infringing property rights, violating a duty, or violating an agreement with a third party.

The use of content in breach of the provisions of these Terms & Conditions and other applicable legislation shall result in the user being held individually liable, in general terms, and shall not entail any consequences not attributable to the Route of the Romanesque.

The user shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Route of the Romanesque from all claims, actions, expenses (including lawyers' fees), damages, losses and liabilities arising out of or in connection with any breach of these terms and conditions.

Personal Data

The use of this website does not necessarily imply the provision of personal data. However, if you wish to request contact and clarification, submit a complaint, comments or suggestions, or if you give your consent to the processing of data for marketing purposes (including subscribing to the Route of the Romanesque newsletter), you must provide us with some personal data. This data will be processed under the terms set out in the Privacy Policy, available on this website.

Information

The information provided on the website of the Route of the Romanesque essentially aims to clarify and inform Users about aspects relating to its monuments and interpretation centres, as well as the tourist and cultural offer of its territory of influence. The website also provides information on the services and products made available to the public by the Route of the Romanesque.

Liability and guarantees

The website was developed with the interests of our different types of Users and the target audience of the Route of the Romanesque's own initiatives in mind. However, we cannot guarantee that the website or any functionality available on it will meet any needs and expectations you may have or that it will serve your specific purposes.

The Route of the Romanesque also does not guarantee that:

- The results obtained by using the website are correct, true, proper or reliable;

- Any information or suggestions, of any kind, for which Route of the Romanesque is responsible, presented or made available on the website, or obtained through its use, are current, accurate, complete or error-free - Route of the Romanesque assumes no legal duty in this regard;

- Any material or other type of content made available by third parties through the website is safe, legal or appropriate;

- The qualities, functionalities or characteristics of the products, services, information or other material or content disclosed on the website fulfil any expectation of the users.

Route of the Romanesque shall not be liable for errors that may occur due to system irregularities, failure (temporary or permanent) of the website, applications or other tools. The Route of the Romanesque shall not be liable for any damages resulting from improper use or inability to use the website.

Links to third-party websites

The Route of the Romanesque may provide links to pages of other organisations. These websites are not owned, operated or controlled by the Route of the Romanesque and therefore the Route of the Romanesque is not responsible for, approves or in any way endorses or subscribes to the content of these websites or the websites linked to or referred to therein.

The establishment of links does not imply, under any circumstances, the existence of relations between the Route of the Romanesque and the owner or manager of the website to which the link refers.

Therefore, Route of the Romanesque is not responsible for the legality, reliability or quality of any content made available therein, nor for compliance with the legal rules applicable to the content available therein, and the use of these links is the sole responsibility of the Users.

Security

Route of the Romanesque does not guarantee that the website will function uninterruptedly, be free of errors or faults or that it will be available continuously.

Route of the Romanesque will, of course, use its best endeavours to ensure that the website does not contain any viruses or other dangerous elements for your computer or other device from which you access the website. However, since the Route of the Romanesque cannot fully control the circulation of information over the Internet, it cannot be guaranteed that it does not contain any viruses or other elements that could damage your computer.

In order to guarantee the security of the website, Route of the Romanesque may, at any time and without prior notice, take the necessary measures to guarantee the integrity, security, continuity or quality of the website, including restrictions or limitations on access.

Validity of the Terms and Conditions of Use

If any part or provision of these Terms & Conditions is unenforceable or in conflict with applicable law, the validity of the remaining parts or provisions shall not be affected.

Questions

If you have any questions about these Terms & Conditions, please send your enquiry to rotadoromanico@valsousa.pt.

Applicable law

Portuguese law shall apply to the management, administration, use and application of the Terms & Conditions of the website.

Jurisdiction

To settle all questions and disputes that may arise in connection with these Terms & Conditions, the Administrative and Fiscal Court of Penafiel shall have exclusive jurisdiction, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction.