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Book Presentation: Introducing Mário Soares and Maria Barroso to Young Readers

Family theatre afternoons return to the João Soares House-Museum on Sunday 18 and Sunday 25 October 2026, at 4 pm.

Now in its 24rd edition, the Theatre at the House-Museum programme offers children and families shared cultural experiences through performances by regional and national theatre companies.

The programme is also supported by the Cortes Parents’ Association, which will be selling coffee and cakes, with proceeds benefiting the school community it represents.

Admission is free, subject to the auditorium’s capacity.

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Theatre at the House-Museum 2026

The Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will host the presentation of the book "Um Republicano na mira da PIDE" (A Republican in the Sights of the PIDE), by Acácio Pinto.

The event will take place on 8 October 2026, at 6:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation (Rua de S. Bento, 160, Lisbon).

Published by Letras e Conteúdos, the book will be presented by João Barroso Soares.

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Book Presentation: "A Republican in the Sights of the PIDE"

The Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will host the presentation of the collection “Masters of the Portuguese Language”, by Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues. The collection will be presented by Edite Estrela.

The event will take place on 24 September at 6:00 p.m., in the auditorium of the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation (Rua de S. Bento, 160, Lisbon).

The “Masters of the Portuguese Language” collection, written by Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues, was published between January 2015 and January 2023 and features thirty-one authors from different Portuguese-speaking countries. The 32nd and final volume, “From Homeland to the Fraternity of Language”, is an essay which, drawing on the authors featured in the collection, all of whom are deceased, takes readers on a journey through the world of the Portuguese language, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Gil Vicente, Fernão Lopes, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Luís de Camões, Bocage, Almeida Garrett, Camilo Castelo Branco, Eça de Queiroz, Cesário Verde, Fernando Pessoa, Florbela Espanca, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, José Saramago, Machado de Assis, Cecília Meireles, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Jorge Amado, Eugénio Tavares, Alda Lara, José Craveirinha and Fernando Sylvan are among the authors represented in the collection. Encompassing the three major literary genres - narrative, poetry and drama - the collection explores different literary movements and aesthetics, from medieval poetry to Modernism, including Classicism and Romanticism.

The volume dedicated to Fernando Pessoa was adapted for the stage by Teatro Passagem de Nível, from Alfornelos, winning the Ruy de Carvalho Award at the National Theatre Competition in 2016. The volumes on Gil Vicente and Pêro Vaz de Caminha were also adapted into short films.

Shared Heritage

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Presentation of the “Masters of the Portuguese Language” Collection

The next visit will take place on 24 September at 10:00 and 15:00.

- The Garden, designed by Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles

- The photographic exhibitions "Mário Soares – The Defiant" and "Maria Barroso – A Woman of Causes?" (by Marques Valentim)

Free entry by&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://forms.gle/PKyJzLdvXHKPsbQt5">appointment</a>.

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Guided tours to the Foundation in September

The Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will host the launch of the book “Miss Shercliff in Salazar’s Portugal”, by Wilton Fonseca and Gonçalo Pereira Rosa, with a foreword by Joaquim Letria.

The event will take place on 22 September at 6:30 p.m., in the auditorium of the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation (Rua de S. Bento, 160, Lisbon).

Published by Âncora Editora, the book will be presented by journalist Teresa de Sousa.

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Launch of the Book “Miss Shercliff in Salazar’s Portugal”

The João Soares House-Museum in Cortes, Leiria, will open the exhibition&nbsp;“In the Shade of the Pine Tree”&nbsp;on&nbsp;19 September at 5:30 pm, as part of the&nbsp;2026 European Heritage Days. The opening will feature a concert by&nbsp;Catraia. Admission is free.

Curated by Paula Marques, the exhibition takes as its starting point the fall of the pine tree that shaped the landscape and memories of the House-Museum for decades, brought down by Storm Kristin in January 2026. Through the tree’s history and its connection to the community, the exhibition explores memory, natural heritage and the capacity for regeneration.

This exhibition marks the first public stage of an artistic and community project that will continue into 2027. The pine tree’s wood, entrusted to artists, schools and social organisations, will be transformed into new works. These will return to the House-Museum in a new exhibition and an artwork created for its garden.

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Opening of “In the Shade of the Pine Tree” at the João Soares House-Museum

The next visit will take place on 24 June at 10:00 and 15:00.

- The photographic exhibitions "Mário Soares – The Defiant" and "Maria Barroso – A Woman of Causes?" (by Marques Valentim) and "On the 50th Anniversary of the Approval of the Constitution" (by Inácio Ludgero)

Mário Soares Centenary

Carnation Revolution

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Guided tours to the Foundation in June

The Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation will inaugurate, on&nbsp;18 June at 6:00 pm, the photographic exhibitions&nbsp;Mário Soares - The Unsubmissive&nbsp;and&nbsp;Maria Barroso - A Woman of Causes, by photojournalist&nbsp;Marques Valentim.

On the same occasion, the book&nbsp;Portugal: From Dictatorship to Democracy, a photographic work by Marques Valentim, with texts by&nbsp;Daniel Bastos&nbsp;and a foreword by&nbsp;João Barroso Soares, will also be presented.

Each exhibition brings together a selection of 25 photographs, offering a unique perspective on two of the central figures of Portuguese democracy and revisiting significant moments in the political and civic journeys of Mário Soares and Maria Barroso.

Published in a bilingual edition (Portuguese and English),&nbsp;Portugal: From Dictatorship to Democracy&nbsp;brings together more than two hundred photographs documenting some of the defining moments of Portugal’s recent history. From the final years of the Colonial War in 1972 to the country’s democratisation process and its accession to the then European Economic Community in 1985, the book stands as a remarkable visual testimony to contemporary Portugal.

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