Portugal

Established in 1993, WMF Portugal serves as a local representative for WMF, assisting with project management and outreach.

 

The Tower of Belém, one of WMF's most emblematic projects and a Portuguese national symbol, provided the impetus for the establishment of WMF Portugal in 1993. The importance of the site as a cultural icon made it an ideal inaugural project for the affiliate. WMF Portugal’s work at the Tower of Belém irreversibly changed the way stone conservation practice was done in Portugal, defining new methodologies and producing scientific data that was later used as a reference for other projects. The intervention gained international recognition and received the Europa Nostra Prize in 1999.

Over the years, WMF Portugal has continued to focus its efforts on conservation projects that can serve as models for future interventions of the same nature. Thanks to the support of a permanent Scientific Committee, WMF Portugal has published works on every significant project that it has completed, thus contributing to the evolution of conservation practice in Portugal and Europe.

Looking to the future, WMF Portugal is currently considering a series of potential projects with an eye toward geographic, typological, and chronological diversification, as well as the three global challenges to cultural heritage: climate change, mass tourism, and unrepresented heritage.

 

Management Committee

  • Pedro Soares Franco de Avillez, President
  • Isabel Cruz Almeida, Vice President
  • António Pinto Barbosa, Member
  • CEO of WMF, Bénédicte de Montlaur, Member
  • Director of DGPC, João Carlos Santos, Member

General Meeting

  • Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, President
  • António Torres Pereira, Vice President
  • Rui Soares Santos, Secretary

General Committee

  • Prince Amyn Aga Khan
  • António Castro Freire
  • António Monteiro, Chairman
  • Gilberto Jordan
  • House of Braganza, Honorary Member
  • Jorge Costa
  • José Blanco, Honorary Member
  • Jorge Neto Valente
  • José Theotónio
  • Manuel Aires Mateus
  • Maria do Céu Ramos
  • Paulo Pires do Vale
  • Pedro Álvares Ribeiro
  • Vasco José de Mello
  • Vasco Rocha Vieira

Executive Director

WMF Portugal
Rua João Penha 10
1250-138 Lisbon, Portugal
+(351) 21 384 1120
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In Focus

Featured Projects

Jeronimos Monastery and Church

Lisbon, Portugal
King Manuel I erected a large monastery close to the site where Henry the Navigator had built a church dedicated to Santa Maria de Belém in the fifteenth century.
Completed Project

Tower of Belém

Lisbon, Portugal
At the end of the 15th century, King D Joáo II of Portugal commissioned the Tower of Belém as part of a tripartite defensive network to protect the port of Lisbon.