Museus - Casa Henrique Sommer

Museus - Casa Henrique Sommer

It is a space for memory. The “Casa Henrique Sommer” is today the Municipal Historical Archive. Where the visitor can find the Past and prepare for the Future...



Av. Vasco da Gama, 2750-509 , Cascais

Cascais

Description

It looks like a white monolith that rises in a green garden near the Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção. In the Museum Quarter, visitors can find a summer house built in 1894 that still bears the name of the original owner: Henrique Sommer. He was a descendant of a German family who settled in Portugal. His grandfather was Baron Heinrich von Sommer, linked to the iron trade through Casa Sommer & Co. Later on, Henrique's nickname would be known as the “father” of the cement industry in Portugal. After the death of the businessman, who left no descendants, the house came under the possession of multiple branches of his family. Its last use dates from the 1980s when it was used as a Culture and Sport Center in the Municipality of Cascais, which was later abandoned. In 2003, it was acquired by the City Council and was adapted as a building for the Department of Culture of the Municipality. Declared Property of Municipal Interest in 2005, it was recovered and opened to the public in December 2016 with a project developed by the architect Paula Santos.

Phone: +351 21 481 5759

Schedule
Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND HOLIDAYS 10 am - 1 pm | 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Source: https://www.visitcascais.com/pt/resource/casa-henrique-sommer

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Av. Vasco da Gama, 2750-509 , Cascais Cascais

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