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Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa
Founded in Lisbon in 1875, this long-running Portuguese learned society grew out of the age of exploration and became a major center for geography, debate, and imperial-era scholarship. Its headquarters also house a museum and an ornate meeting hall that reflect its historic role in Portuguese cultural life.
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As concessões de direitos magestaticos a emprezas mercantis para o ultramar representações ao governo
by Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa
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The Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa is a Portuguese scientific society established in 1875 to encourage the study and progress of geography and related fields. It emerged during a period when geographic societies across Europe were closely tied to exploration, mapping, and overseas expansion, and it became one of Portugal’s best-known institutions in that world.
Over time, the society developed into more than a scholarly association. From its Lisbon headquarters on Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, it hosted lectures, research, publications, and public events, while also preserving collections connected to Portugal’s global history. Its building is especially noted for the richly decorated Sala Portugal, a ceremonial hall often highlighted as one of its most striking spaces.
The society remains active today, and its museum preserves ethnographic and historical objects linked to former Portuguese territories. For listeners interested in travel writing, exploration, colonial history, or the way geography shaped national identity, the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa offers a vivid window into how knowledge, politics, and culture were brought together in Portugal from the late nineteenth century onward.