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Five Algarve monuments receive €4.3 million renovation grant

padernecastleThe Cultural Directorate of the Algarve has announced a €4.3 million spend on some of the region’s most important national monuments, including the castles at Silves and Paderne.

The magalithic remains at Alcalar, the Roman buildings at Milreu and the fort at Sagres all will benefit from the grant under the CRESC Algarve 2020 programme.

The Regional Directorate of Culture said the tower and walls of Paderne castle (pictured) will be conserved and retored, with Silves castle receiving long-overdue work to its main portal.

One of the megalithic monuments at Alcalar in Portimão will be restored and the surrounding area improved.

The fortress at Sagres will have a multimedia exhibition centre installed which will concentrate on the Portuguese Discoveries.

The Culture Directorate also is working on other joint ventures such as a cultural week on golbalisation and another about the Mediterranean diet.

"We are aware that (funding) needs always outstrip availability but we have been looking at the need to maintain our heritage on an annual basis and have identified priorities, certain that the competitiveness of the Algarve is linked to its cultural and heritage resources and the capacity of various public entities to create investment in these areas" read a statement from the Algarve’s Cultural Directorate, which added that, "The preservation, rehabilitation and enhancement of cultural heritage have significant relevance for the promotion and affirmation of the cultural identity of the Algarve region."

"Preserving and restoring our heritage implies the appropriate use of constantly evolving practices and methods of work so as to bequeath our history to future generations.”

The €4.3 million budget is a good start in this regard.

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+1 #6 Ed 2017-02-05 08:19
Quoting hendrik philippus wi:
Fortaleza Santa Catarinade Ribamar in Portimao????

Which is under the care, maintenance and protection of the Sines and Algarve Ports Authority, hence nothing has happened....
+2 #5 hendrik philippus wi 2017-02-05 07:41
Fortaleza Santa Catarinade Ribamar in Portimao????
+4 #4 Margaridaana 2017-02-04 16:42
Quoting Ed:
Quoting Margaridaana:
It would be really good to see some money poured into these very deserving preservation projects, and a real boost for the Algarve, but the article does not state where the money is coming from! Portugal doesn't have the wherewithall, so is it EU funding?

"...the CRESC Algarve 2020 programme."

:-)
i.e. EU money
+2 #3 Ed 2017-02-04 15:15
Quoting Margaridaana:
It would be really good to see some money poured into these very deserving preservation projects, and a real boost for the Algarve, but the article does not state where the money is coming from! Portugal doesn't have the wherewithall, so is it EU funding?

"...the CRESC Algarve 2020 programme."
+3 #2 Margaridaana 2017-02-04 15:11
It would be really good to see some money poured into these very deserving preservation projects, and a real boost for the Algarve, but the article does not state where the money is coming from! Portugal doesn't have the wherewithall, so is it EU funding?
+2 #1 Peter Booker 2017-02-04 09:30
A much better use of money than the often fatuous 365 Algarve.

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