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On Friday in Santa Comba Dão, the Interpretative Centre was opened to study the 48 years of the fascist regime in Portugal. An exhibition on censorship opened the doors of the Salazar School Canteen in Vimieiro.
Inaugurated at the Salazar Canteen School in Santa Comba Dão, the space is under the scientific coordination of Ephemera. The Secretary of State says that 'studying the dictatorship is a responsibility of democracy'.
The Secretary of State attended the inauguration of the Interpretive Centre of the Estado Novo - Regime and Resistance, in Vimieiro, at the Escola Cantina Salazar.
The opening of a new centre dedicated to the historical figure of Salazar has sparked renewed public discussion regarding the legacy of the Portuguese dictatorship.
In Santa Comba Dão, Viseu, the Estado Novo Interpretative Centre - Regime and Resistance opens to the public this Friday. A project surrounded by controversy that will bring to life the Salazar School Canteen, which was a model school during the Estado Novo, under the scientific coordination of the Ephemera Association, founded by Pacheco Pereira.
The man who travels with his cats, but they always end up fighting. And also, thirty years later, Salazar's hometown opens a centre to interpret the Estado Novo regime.
The Estado Novo Interpretive Centre opens this Friday in Santa Comba Dão. It occupies a former primary school in the town where the Portuguese dictator was born and is dedicated to the study of the regime and the resistance.
The Estado Novo Interpretive Centre – Regime and Resistance opens this Friday in Vimieiro. A frugal building and a simple exhibition serve as an anticlimax to a controversy that has lasted for decades.
Luís Nunes, vice president of Santa Comba Dão, explains the reasons for opening an Estado Novo Interpretive Centre. He states that the initiative will bring objectivity to the historical period.
It was necessary for “political will to override the noise” surrounding the project and the fear that a museum dedicated to the dictator was being prepared. The objective is to reflect on the Estado Novo.
More than two decades after the idea of a space dedicated to the Estado Novo divided Santa Comba Dão, the Estado Novo Interpretive Centre – Regime and Resistance opens this Friday in Vimieiro. The village awaits visitors, critics fear pilgrimages, and the municipality promises History.
The Itinerário Principal (IP) 3 is closed in both directions in the Santa Comba Dão area following a light vehicle crash, which reportedly caused two injuries, according to GNR and Civil Protection sources.
An INEM helicopter was dispatched
Two people are currently being treated for their injuries. An INEM helicopter has been deployed and has landed on the IP3, which is closed to traffic in the Vimieiro area.
Salazar's hometown is preparing to open a space dedicated to the history of the Estado Novo, censorship, and resistance to the dictatorship, dismissing the idea of a museum in honour of the former ruler.
The Escola Cantina Salazar, located in the village where the dictator who defined the Estado Novo was born, hosts an interpretive centre that studies 'not only the regime, but also the resistance to the regime'.
The Estado Novo Interpretative Centre - Regime and Resistance will open on the 23rd in the former Salazar Canteen School in Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão, following a long and complex development process. The centre, coordinated by the Ephemera Association, aims to study the regime and the resistance to it, rather than serving as a museum to the dictator António Oliveira Salazar, who was born in the area. The facility will host thematic exhibitions, debates, and academic research, starting with an exhibition on censorship in the press, literature, and music.
The Estado Novo Interpretative Centre - Regime and Resistance will open its doors on the 23rd at the Salazar Canteen School in Vimieiro, in the municipality of Santa Comba Dão, ending a long process of progress and setbacks.
The Santa Comba Dão City Council guarantees that the goal is not to turn this interpretive centre into a museum for the dictator, but rather to create an interpretive centre that studies not only the regime but also the resistance to it.
Housed for the past 3 years in the Casa dos Arcos, this centre includes sections dedicated to wine culture, a wine cellar, a kitchen, and workshops for carpentry, tailoring, and photography.
The cycling team Sabgal, which received 7 million euros in state funding and won the Volta a Portugal, has filed for bankruptcy and is now being auctioned for 17 million euros.
We reach the end of the exhibition with the most personal portraits that Manuel has drawn. After the composers, the artist shows his self-portrait and drawings of his parents, where he admits to having been more of a perfectionist.
Puccini was more difficult, especially because of his hat and moustache. Verdi ended up with an 'angry expression'. Manuel dos Santos explains how he portrayed two of the great masters of Italian opera.
The disruption is due to maintenance work on the expansion joints of the bridge over the Dão river and the ongoing project to dual the IP3 on the Santa Comba Dão-Viseu section.
The former Mayor of Santa Comba Dão, João Lourenço, died today at the age of 63, the local council announced.
The alert was given at 17:55, and 12 emergency personnel were on the scene, supported by three vehicles and an air asset, the INEM helicopter.
The alert was given at 17:55, and 12 emergency personnel were on the scene, supported by three vehicles and an air asset, the INEM helicopter.
The municipality of Santa Comba Dão showcases its tourism development plan for the Senhora da Ribeira area during the Portugal Global Nation Forum.
The suspect was arrested this Thursday for abusing a minor under 16 years of age.
