Embassy of Portugal, London

The Embassy of Portugal in London is the diplomatic mission of Portugal in the United Kingdom.[1] The embassy is located on Belgrave Square, Belgravia, in two separate buildings, and there is also a Portuguese consulate in Portland Place, Fitzrovia.[2]

Embassy of Portugal, London
Address11 Belgrave Square
London, SW1
Coordinates51°29′58.5″N 0°9′18.7″W
AmbassadorManuel Lobo Antunes

History
Former Portuguese Embassy in Golden Square

The Portuguese Embassy had previously been situated at 23–24 Golden Square, Soho, London, W1F 9JP from 1724-1747 and Marquess of Pombal served as Ambassador from 1738 to 1744. During this period a chapel (now the Church of our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Gregory) was under the protection of the embassy.

The embassy is now situated in a c. 1825 stucco terrace designed by George Basevi. The building is part of a single group of Grade I listed buildings at 1–11 Belgrave Square.[3]

On 2 February 2002 a ceremony on the corner of the square facing the embassy took place, unveiling a statue of the famous Portuguese British Prince Henry The Navigator, whose mother, Philippa of Lancaster, was from England.[4]

Prince Henry The Navigator statue in Belgrave Square

The statue is a copy of the statue in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, by Aristide Berto Cianfarani.[5]

References
  1. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
  2. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
  3. Historic England, "1—11 Belgrave Square (1066455)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 February 2016
  4. "Discurso do Presidente da República por ocasião da Inauguração da Estátua do Infante D. Henrique (Versão em Inglês)". 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  5. "Statue: Henry the Navigator statue". London Remembers. London Remembers. Retrieved 27 March 2018. A duplicate of the statue is located at Fall River, Massachusetts,


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