Portugal for Travellers and Tourists » Tag Archive » Portugal for Travellers and Tourists https://www.theperfecttourist.com The Perfect Tourist Travel & Tourism eMagazine Sun, 17 Jan 2016 23:04:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Serralves House and Museum, in Oporto https://www.theperfecttourist.com/blog/2013/08/03/serralves-house-and-museum/ https://www.theperfecttourist.com/blog/2013/08/03/serralves-house-and-museum/#comments Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:25:25 +0000 http://www.theperfecttourist.com/?p=844 CASA DE SERRALVES is a house and museum located in Parque de Serralves in Oporto, Portugal.

Owned by the Serralves Foundation, the house was built by the second Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral and designed by the architect José Marques da Silva. It is a unique example of Streamline Moderne architecture in Portugal.

Completed in 1940, Casa de Serralves welcomed presentations made by the Foundation between 1989 and 1999. In 1996, Casa de Serralves was classified as a building of public interest due to its architectural interest.

Today the house is part of the Serralves Museum.

 

 

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