The Santa Casa
Culture as Mission of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
The Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa has built, with delicacy and genius, a protective mantle of rare beauty over more than five centuries.
Since its birth, it has carried in its heart a double purpose: to alleviate suffering and elevate the human spirit. Culture is this mission, finding one of its most sublime expressions, uniting the realm of social care with the territory of art, knowledge, and memory.
Santa Casa understands that caring for people is also caring for what makes them human: dreams, imagination, historical heritage, beyond time. By safeguarding art and culture, the institution reveals a fundamental belief: that the spirit flourishes when it encounters beauty and dignity is enhanced when Culture is shared.
Today, the Culture of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa has a new form of appreciation and prestige: Casa Asia – Francisco Capelo Collection.
Culture thus becomes more than a mission: it is a promise, renewed every day, that history and heritage can — and must — find in the promotion of art and culture one of their great pillars.
