Pinto Leite Palace
| Pinto Leite Palace | |
|---|---|
Palacete Pinto Leite | |
 Pinto Leite Palace in 2010 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Mansion |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Coordinates | 41°09′05″N 8°37′22″W / 41.15151°N 8.62280°W |
| Construction started | 1830 |
The Pinto Leite Palace, previously known as Casa do Campo Pequeno, in English, house of the small field, is a XIX century noble house located in Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Porto, Portugal. It was built by order of Joaquim Pinto Leite, member of Porto's Pinto Leite family, one of the most powerful at that time in the city.[1]
History
Construction of the palace started in 1830.[1] It is currently located besides the Maternidade Júlio Dinis.
In 1966, the palace was acquired by the Câmara Municipal of Porto to instal the Conservatório de Música do Porto, that only ended up happening in 1975.
As of 2024, it lies abandoned since 2008, since the Conservatório de Música do Porto was transferred somewhere else. In 2016, the municipality put the palace up for public auction, for a base price of 1.55 million euros, for purposes "exclusively of a cultural, artistic or similar nature".[2] It was sold for the sum of 1.643 million euros to a company owned by the former footballer António Oliveira as well as António Moutinho Cardoso, an art collector who promises to create a cultural space open to the city.[3]
In 2019, António Oliveira, abandoned the project and he ceded its position (50%) to the partner, António Moutinho Cardoso.[4]
After the adaptation works, the palace is expected to host artist residencies, temporary exhibitions and the collection of more than 300 paintings by contemporary painters by Moutinho Cardoso.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Casa e Jardim do Campo Pequeno, na Rua da Maternidade, n.º 3 a 13". www.monumentos.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Palacete Pinto Leite está à venda". porto.pt. 4-2-2016. Retrieved 18-9-2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ "Palacete Pinto Leite vendido por 1,643 milhões de euros". Jornal de Notícias. 16 de Fevereiro de 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Abílio Ferreira (2019-07-04). "Palacete Pinto Leite. António Oliveira vende a quota ao sócio Moutinho Cardoso". expresso.pt. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ "Palacete Pinto Leite. António Oliveira vende a quota ao sócio Moutinho Cardoso".
