Text translated via Google – May 27, 2010 – The Aga Khan Development (Aga Khan Development Network – AKDN) handed to the Ministry of Culture, on the 19th May in Lisbon, a contribution 100 000 euros to rehabilitate the roof of the Cathedral of Silves.
The ceremony, held at the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat, attended the first lady, Maria Cavaco Silva, as well as Elysium Sumavielle, Secretary of State for Culture, Isabel Soares, Mayor of Silves, Nazim Ahmed, representative of the Network Aga Khan Development and Amirali Bhanja, president of the National Council of the Ismaili Muslim Community. Attended, among other personalities, Maria Barroso, Abdul Vakyl, president of the Islamic Community of Lisbon, Emilio Rui Vilar, President of the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and several deputies.
In the speeches highlighted the importance of the Cathedral of Silves, classified as ‘National Monument’, representing most of the Gothic in the south, and the meaning it was already the cathedral of the Algarve and consequently the seat of the bishopric.
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