CASA DA RUA NOVA
(HOUSE OF RUA NOVA)
It is known that the house Casa da Rua Nova, at number 115
on the street Rua Egas Moniz, is of remote origin, even though it is not
possible to be precise with the date of its construction. The restoration
project of this house ,signed by architect Fernando Tavora, received the Prize
Europa Nostra, in 1985.
The execution work was exemplary, becoming an act of
teaching and learning and an incentive for the restorations that were to take
place during the course of many years in
the historic centre of the city, which resulted in 2001,in the classification
by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage.
The criterion used in the restoration was
to consolidate its structure, without altering its internal arrangement. To his
end local manpower was used along with traditional building materials and
techniques in order to obtain formal and environmental construction units
