Ayizukuba yeyona ilungileyo kodwa kuhlala kuqhelekile ukuba ukwakhiwa kwedama lokuhambisa umbane kugqibe ukukhukula kwenye idolophu. Mininzi imizekelo kwihlabathi liphela kwaye ngamanye amaxesha olu hlobo lomsitho luvelisa umdla wabakhenkethi ongazibandakanyi.
Yimeko ye Ilali yaseVilarinho da Furna, ePortugal. Le dolophu, ebekwe kwingingqi iMinh, yangena phantsi kwamanzi xa kwakhiwa idama elikhulu kuMlambo iHomem ngeminyaka yoo-60. Idama lalifuneka ukuze kubonelelwe ngombane kuwo wonke ummandla, ke inkampani yombane yesizwe yadibana nabantu belali yababhatala ukuba bashiye amakhaya abo. UVilarinho da Furna wayenabantu abamalunga nama-300.
Abokugqibela kubo bayishiya ilali ngo-1971 kwathi xa kushiyeke kuphela izindlu kwaza kwaqalisa ukusebenza idama kunye nesikhululo sombane esisebenza ngombane, amanzi afika agubungela yonke into, emva konyaka. Ilali yayikho kangangeenkulungwane ezingamashumi amabini kuba ngokwembali yomlomo yommandla waseMinhho yasekwa ngamaRoma ngenkulungwane yokuqala ka-AD Into eyoyikisayo nenomdla kwaye enomtsalane kukuba amanzi awazange ayigubungele ngokupheleleyo ilali yakudala kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ngaphezulu , ngamanye amaxesha asezantsi.
Ilali yase UVilarinho da Furna Kuthe nkxu emanzini kwaye namhlanje iinxalenye zeendonga, iinxalenye zeefestile, iinxalenye zezitalato, iinxalenye zeminyango ziyabonakala. Ukuze ufunde okungakumbi ngale dolophu iphantsi kwamanzi ungandwendwela ilali ekufuphi, iSao Jao do Campo, kuba apha kukho imyuziyam encinci yokuhlonipha idolophu engaphantsi kwamanzi kumashumi amane eminyaka eyadlulayo.