Serralves Foundation

Serralves Foundation

Serralves Foundation ("Fundação de Serralves") is an art foundation in Porto, Portugal. The building of the Serralves Foundation (Fundação de Serralves) is a project designed by the Portuguese architect José Marques da Silva. The House of Serralves is considered to be one of this architect greatest achievements. It is an elegant Art Déco building with magnificent gardens surrounding it, one of which was designed by French architect Jacques Gréber.

Museum

The Serralves Museum, the first large-scale contemporary art museum in Portugal, is located in the "Quinta de Serralves"; a large property close to the center of Porto that includes a main house built in the 1930s for the Count of Vizela. The landscaped gardens designed by Siza Vieira, on the approximately 3 hectars of land, preserved the most important species already existing on the site. The public access to the Museum's ground is made at the highest level of the terrain through an opening in the existing wall that surrounds the property.


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