Anta is a village located in Lamego municipality, in central Portugal. The village is situated on a plateau on the northern edge of Serra de Montemuro. It occupies a territory defined by an austere climate of intensive rain and low temperatures, where snowfall is common during the winter. The soils are poor, forcing an effective and sustainable management of the scarce resources. The survival of these highland communities depends on the exploration of multiple resources, as agricultural, livestock and forestry. Thus, the morphological structure of the village, as well as its architecture have to be understood in a broader context, comprising agricultural or forage fields and vacant land used for pasture. The village displays a compact morphology, developed in the centre of its territory. The cluster spreads linearly, along the two roads crossing the mountain.