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Portugal should avoid getting the “backs to the past,” says Cavaco Silva

The President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, defended this sexta- show that modern Portugal can not get “his back to the past,” pointing to recovery and integration of heritage as some of the keys to achieving successful projects.

Before hundreds of guests, including Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, and the President of Parliament, Assunção Esteves, the inauguration of the National Coach Museum in Lisbon, Cavaco said:

“The Portugal modern and developed, we all want to build, not You can get his back to the past. Rather, it should invest in preserving the values ​​of its own, as a sign of identity in an increasingly global world. “

For the head of state, a project will have so much success as you know better integrate heritage and values ​​of Portuguese culture, defending, so the rehabilitation of historic centers, such as the preservation of the environment and natural resources.

In reference to the National Coach Museum, Cavaco Silva said he was confident that the new facilities will promote the “image of a Portugal betting on the cutting edge without losing sight of its roots.”

The President also recalled the Queen Amelia who sent collect the premises of the Royal Riding School all court vehicles and thus “came an original museum, unique in Europe and in the world”, he stressed .