The House of Viseu approved the project of the future Interpretative Center of the Military Presence, which will be installed on Rua Direito, in the historic center of the city. The project, budgeted at EUR 1.3 million, will include museography and communication, and will be applied for the Growing with Tourism programme.
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12/11/2026
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A Câmara de Viseu today approved the project of museography and architecture of the future Interpretative Center of the Military Presence, which will be installed in the street Right, in the historic center of the city.
The new museum pole will appear in a building owned by the Portuguese Army, which is part of the old complex of the Palace of Silveiras and in the past welcomed the Red Cross.
At the end of the camarário executive meeting, its president, João Azevedo (PS), told journalists that “the estimated budget is 1.3 million euros” for projects, works, museographic content and communication and that an application will be made to the Grow with Tourism program, managed by Turismo de Portugal.
The dynamism of the future interpretive center will be “the responsibility of the Municipality of Viseu and the Portuguese Army, in a collective project”.
“Our goal now is to have investment conditions of the municipal budget. We are going to apply for a Tourism program in Portugal so that we can have some support from the State for the rehabilitation, building and preparation of this museum”, explained João Azevedo.
Its contents will include “the heritage that already exists in the Infantry Regiment 14” and a “dynamics of the modern museum for the transmission of information”.
According to the mayor, “it will not be a static museum, it will be a museum with life”, which will allow those who visit it to know the military identity of Viseu and, at the same time, help revitalize the Right Street and that area of the city.
“ We have to give content to the city of Viseu so that we can attract not only tourists, but also give life to the city and the municipality ", stressed.
João Azevedo advanced that, at the beginning of next year, they should start the rehabilitation works of the Paços do Concelho building, which will cost €1.224 million and have a government support of €564,000.
The work “will enable the rehabilitation of all the building cover, the improvement of energy efficiency, the working conditions of the services,” he said.
The contest will be launched by the end of the year and the works will start with the reception area of the municipalities.
The mayor said that precisely 150 years ago, in 1876, the decision was made to build the building of the Paços do Conselho.
“This is very important news for all of us. It is a clear sign that we are concerned about the maintenance and rehabilitation of municipal buildings, even because we have an obligation to set an example”, added João Azevedo.
The municipal executive is also concerned about other buildings, such as the Solar dos Condes de Prime (where the Regional Conservatory of Music is installed), the Solar do Vinho do Dão (CVR Dão headquarters) and the schools and promised to continue to “drawing projects and making applications”.