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The president of the Associação Calçada Portuguesa, António Proa, said today that creating a working group for this traditional art 'is a decisive boost to the recognition' of historic heritage and of a profession at risk of disappearing.

The Government will set up a working group for the Calçada Portuguesa to study the situation of this professional and artistic practice and propose measures to valorise it, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport announced today.

The objective is to study the situation of this professional and artistic practice and propose measures to raise its profile.

Councillor Ricardo Silva said that, besides protecting the pavement, it is also necessary to upskill the pavement-layers.
