antiliberal supporter of the absolutist status quo (thus a Miguelist) also known as "Remexido". It was still during the 19th century, with the implementation of various industries linked to the production of brandy, dried fruit, cork, esparto and others, that the parish could somehow overcome the isolation and know some progress, which was enhanced by the opening of roads and railways, thus allowing contact with the most relevant centers. Still revisiting the heritage of this place, the most imposing building of the historical heritage of the village, is undoubtedly the Mother Church of Messines, built in the sixteenth century, which underwent considerable remodeling in the early eighteenth century, which explains the mixture of styles that compose it. With a baroque portico, its torsa columns, in sandstone, in the Salomonic style, stand out as the only known examples in the Algarve. This church was consecrated to Saint Bartholomew, the saint to whom the faithful should pray. Along the hills of the town, there are four other religious sites worth mentioning: the Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Saúde, the Ermida de São Pedro, the Ermida de São Sebastião and the Ermida de Sant'Ana, all with admirable red and white facades. Nearby, next to the church, we also find the Casa Museu João de Deus, currently a museum, the place where the poet and pedagogue João de Deus lived. Today it functions as an open space for culture, but also as a place of homage and repository of memory of a figure that greatly marks not only this town, but also the country. The Costume and Traditions Museum displays the role of the work in the fields and on the land and its preponderance in the village economy, mainly associated to the production and commercialization of nuts, olive oil and also linked to pastoralism. João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, mentioned above, is one of the unavoidable names, linked to São Bartolomeu de Messines. Considered the poet of love and "the most original of his time" by Antero de Quental, his path is inseparable from his lyrical work, but also with equal, or even greater importance, to his path as an educator and pedagogue. João de Deus not only dreamed of seeing his country able to read and write, but he also dedicated part of his life to make this dream come true through his literacy campaigns. A pioneer in the creation of