Cultural investment news in Portugal

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Alentejo 2030 makes 5.3 million euros available for the restoration of historical heritage

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The Alentejo 2030 programme has opened applications to support investments in cultural enhancement and the restoration of the region's historical heritage, with a budget of 5.3 million euros, the Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) announced this Tuesday. In a statement, the Alentejo CCDR indicated that the respective call for proposals, 'Heritage Enhancement...', is now open.

eco.sapo.pt4 Aug

Alentejo 2030 makes 5.3 million euros available for the restoration of historical heritage

The "gold" that reached culture

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The cultural golden visa is an uncomfortable, yet useful reminder: sometimes, even the “gold” that arrives through foreign convenience can serve to preserve what is most ours.

observador.pt5 May

Porto creates a new cultural 'map' with a 30% budget increase

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The Porto municipality will challenge academia and local cultural institutions to conduct an X-ray of the sector and assess 'the weight of culture on the economy and employment' in the municipality. With seven million euros more in the budget than in the previous term, the major investments are the works on the Municipal Library, among others.

ECO13 Mar

Porto creates a new cultural 'map' with a 30% budget increase

Investing in culture buildings in Portugal

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Home News Investing in culture buildings in Portugal Investing in culture buildings in Portugal Alvito City Council is close to completing two community-funded projects in the parish of Vila Nova da Baronia, totalling more than €1 million in investment.

The Portugal News19 Jan

Portugal

1665: At the Battle of Ambuíla in northern Angola, a Portuguese force from Luanda under Luís Lopes de Sequeira defeats the army of the Kingdom of Kongo. King António I is killed and beheaded, and the once-powerful kingdom slides into civil war.
1936:The Tarrafal prison camp
The steamer Luanda lands the first 152 political prisoners at the Tarrafal concentration camp on Santiago island in Cape Verde, among them Marinha Grande strikers and sailors from the September mutiny. The 'camp of slow death' operated until 1954 and again from 1961 to 1974.
Read more Dictatorship and the Estado Novo, 1926–1974

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1929: 'Black Tuesday' on Wall Street: some 16 million shares change hands as the New York stock market collapses, the crash that ushered in the Great Depression.

What event prompted the composition of Portugal's national anthem, A Portuguesa?

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