Centro Nacional de Cultura (CNC) was founded in 1945 as an “intellectuals’ club” in which to exchange ideas. It was the brainchild of a group of monarchists who wished to defend a free culture. Throughout the 50s and 60s it developed to become a democratic forum and by the late seventies,[…]

The Italian Embassy in Lisbon is located in the Palace of the Counts of Pombeiro which was purchased by the Italian Government in 1925, following the sale of Count Antonio. The Residence contains one of the most significant furnishing collections together with those of London and Paris.  The history of[…]