Kunye nommelwane waseBorba kunye neVila Vicosa, I-Estremoz Ngomnye wommandla owaziwa ngokuba sisixeko semarble. Ngenxa yokuba kukho imarble entle kakhulu kulo mmandla - ophikisana neCarrara, e-Itali-isetyenziswa kuyo yonke indawo: nkqu amatye amabi ziingceba zemabhile.
I-Estremoz sisixeko sasePortugal kwiSithili se Uvora, Ummandla weAlentejo kunye nommandla ophakathi weAlentejo. Le emarmore emhlophe iye yasetyenziswa ukususela kumaxesha amandulo njengesixhobo somzobo kunye noyilo. Ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe okokuqala ngamaxesha amaRoma yayikukwakha i-Circus Maximus yase-Emerita Augusta, eSpain yanamhlanje.
Abaqhubi beenqanawa basePortugal bathumela le marble eAfrika, eIndiya naseBrazil. I-Marble evela kulo mmandla yayisetyenziswa kwiindawo ezidumileyo ezinje ngeJerónimos Monastery, iBatala yeemonki, iAlcobaça Monastery kunye neBelém Tower.
Akukho marble ingako ejikeleze i-Estremoz kangangokuba isetyenziswa kuyo yonke indawo, nkqu iingcango, iipavumente kunye namatye eecobble ayenziwe ngemabhile. Le marble ide ijike ibe yikalika ukupeyinta izindlu.
Kufuneka iqatshelwe ukuba iPortugal ililizwe lesibini ngobukhulu kumazwe angaphandle emarble, kuphela kugqitywe yi-Italiya (eCarrara marble). Malunga ne-85% yale marble (ngaphezulu kwama-370.000 eetoni) yaveliswa malunga ne-Estremoz.
Kwiibhloko zemarble, basikwa elityeni ngocingo lwedayimani, intambo yentsimbi eyomeleleyo nothotho lweebhola zedayimane ezijikelezayo. Umjelo wokuqala wocingo wenziwa ngomngxunya othe tyaba kwaye umi nkqo emngxunyeni ophela kanye ngaphakathi elityeni. Isarha yocingo inokufuna usuku ukusika ngeemabhile.
Kananjalo i-Estremoz ineseti enomtsalane edolophini enezikwere zoxolo, imizila yeorenji emile ngemigca kunye nenqaba kunye nenduli. Yidolophu elula yephondo, enabantu abadala abaninzi kunye neevenkile zezixhobo zezolimo kunye nentengiso enkulu egcwalisa isikwere sendawo ngeMigqibelo.
