Casa de Serralves
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Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...
, Portugal
Portugal
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Owned by the Serralves Foundation, the house was built by the second Conde de Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral
Carlos Alberto Cabral
Carlos Roberto Ferreira Cabral is a Brazilian football manager nicknamed Cabralzinho who last managed Espérance of Tunisia, a position he held from May 2008 to November 2008. He previously managed Espérance in 2007.-Playing career:...
and designed by the architect José Marques da Silva
José Marques da Silva
José Marques da Silva was a portuguese architect .-Training:José Marques da Silva was born at 113 Rua de Costa Cabral, in Porto, on 18 October 1869. His architectural training began at the Porto Academy of Fine Arts, where his teachers were, among others, António Geraldes da Silva Sardinha,...
. It is a unique example of Streamline Moderne
Streamline Moderne
Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone or as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style which emerged during the 1930s...
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 Museu Serralves
Serralves Foundation
Serralves Foundation is an art foundation whose mission is to raise the general public's awareness concerning contemporary art and the environment. The foundation is located in Porto, Portugal.-Casa de Serralves:...
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