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The dismantling of the display cases protecting African ethnographic pieces is worrying the former director of the institution's museum, located in the heart of Lisbon. Manuela Cantinho told Expresso that she is “extremely worried” about the fate and preservation of pieces that are unique in the country and rare worldwide.
The Convent of Francos, with its chapel next to the Francos metro station, could have been restored, but it lacked an investor and public vision.
The monastery was founded over 900 years ago and was an important monastic college and convent for monks. “We are facing an emergency,” states the Association of Friends of the Rendufe Monastery.
The Church of São Dinis is 'one of the oldest and most relevant testimonies to the founding' of Vila Real, said Fabian Figueiredo, lamenting its 'advanced state of degradation' and calling for urgent intervention.
