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Project for the Mercado Time Out in Porto Approved

31 March 2020 – Portugal’s General Directorate for Cultural Heritage (DGPC) has approved, subject to archaeological monitoring, the plan for the Time Out Market in São Bento, Porto. The project, for the south wing of the São Bento station, includes restaurants and bars.

In early 2018, the DGPC itself submitted the project’s Request for Prior Information (PIP) to UNESCO. UNESCO subsequently published an opinion stating that the 21-meter tower included in the designs for the site would be intrusive. Still, the DGPC nevertheless stressed that it considered the request as “consultative and non-binding.”

The Regional Directorate for Northern Culture (DRCN) and Infrastructures of Portugal (IP), the owners of the São Bento railway station, also revealed that they had issued favourable opinions for the Time Out project for that location.

Original Story: Jornal de Negócios / Lusa

Translation/Summary: Richard D. Turner