Direção-Geral do Património Cultural

General-Directorate
of Cultural Heritage
Direção-Geral do Património Cultural
The seal/logo of the DGPC

The institution is located in the National Palace of Ajuda
Directorate-General overview
FormedMay 25, 2012 (2012-05-25)
Preceding agencies
  • IPPAR Instituto Português do Património Arquitetónico
  • IGESPAR Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitetónico e Arqueológico
JurisdictionPortugal
HeadquartersAjuda, Lisbon
38°42′27.34″N 9°11′53.98″W / 38.7075944°N 9.1983278°W / 38.7075944; -9.1983278
Directorate-General executives
  • Paula Araújo da Silva, Diretor-General
  • João Carlos dos Santos, Deputy Diretor-General
  • David Santos, Deputy Diretor-General
  • Filipe Campos Silva, Deputy Diretor-General
  • António Filipe Pimentel, Deputy Diretor-General
Parent departmentMinistério da Cultura
Websitewww.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt

The Direção-Geral do Património Cultural (DGPC) (Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage), formerly the Instituto de Gestão do Património Arquitectónico e Arqueológico (IGESPAR) (Institute for the Management of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage) and Instituto Português do Património Arquitetónico (IPPAR (Portuguese Institute for Architectural Heritage), is a general directorate of the Government of Portugal tasked with the conservation, preservation, and inventory of Portuguese architectural heritage. This includes buildings and sites of historical, architectural, scientific or artistic value. The institute keeps a registry of all the classified sites and issues legally binding opinions regarding any works on them.

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