Institutional Framework
Conservation and restoration in Portugal is currently governed by the DGPC, Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage, whose mission is “to ensure the management, safeguarding, enhancement, conservation and restoration of assets that integrate the country’s immovable, mobile and intangible cultural heritage, as well as to develop and implement the national museum policy. ”
This management is coordinated by the Northern, Central, Alentejo and Algarve Regional Directorates of Culture and is carried out by the Town Halls, Parishes and Mercies, depending on the classification of the property. According to Decree-Law 107/2001, the classification of movable and immovable property is divided into three classes: national interest, public interest or municipal interest.