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MMP Shuts the National Pantheon in Lisbon for a 10-Day Refurbishment Window — Reopening 25 June After Visitor-Flow and Reception Upgrades

MMP Shuts the National Pantheon in Lisbon for a 10-Day Refurbishment Window — Reopening 25 June After Visitor-Flow and Reception Upgrades

The Museus e Monumentos de Portugal (MMP, Museums and Monuments of Portugal) authority confirmed the Panteão Nacional (National Pantheon), housed inside Lisbon's Igreja de Santa Engrácia (Saint Engrácia Church) in the Alfama district, will close to visitors for a 10-day refurbishment (requalificação) window running Monday 15 June 2026
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Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

PDL26 — Ponta Delgada's year as Capital Portuguesa da Cultura — has lost €2.3M of its original €5.3M envelope after Turismo de Portugal pulled investment, EU sources receded and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos blocked a €2M Câmara Municipal top-up, leaving the operating budget around €3M.
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Avenida da Liberdade Stages 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa Tonight Under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — 20 Competing Bairros, 3,820 Bleacher Seats and a 40-Year EEC-Accession Tribute Headline the 21:00 Parade

Avenida da Liberdade Stages 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa Tonight Under 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' Banner — 20 Competing Bairros, 3,820 Bleacher Seats and a 40-Year EEC-Accession Tribute Headline the 21:00 Parade

EGEAC opens the 83rd Marchas Populares de Lisboa at 21:00 Friday on Avenida da Liberdade with 20 competing bairros and a 'Somos Lisboa, Somos Europa' banner saluting the 40th anniversary of Portugal's 1986 EEC accession — 3,820 bleacher seats and six giant screens carry the parade.
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Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Locks 13 June Traffic Plan for Procissão de Santo António — Alfama, Sé and Castelo Streets Close 16:30 to 19:00 as the 20-Largo Loop Carries the Patron Saint's Image Back to the Igreja de Santo António

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Locks 13 June Traffic Plan for Procissão de Santo António — Alfama, Sé and Castelo Streets Close 16:30 to 19:00 as the 20-Largo Loop Carries the Patron Saint's Image Back to the Igreja de Santo António

Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML, Lisbon City Council) has published the street-by-street traffic plan for the Procissão de Santo António (Saint Anthony's Procession) on Saturday, 13 June 2026 — the religious cortejo that anchors the city's Festas de...
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