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Aga Khan University and Catholic University of Portugal reaffirm cooperation

Lisbon, Portugal, 06/09/2013 - As part of his visit to Portugal for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Aga Khan also held several meetings with a number of senior Portuguese officials. Together with His Eminence Manuel Clemente, the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, the Aga Khan presided over the signing ceremony of a renewed Memorandum of Understanding between the Catholic University of Portugal and the Aga Khan University. His Excellency President Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal hosted a lunch in honour of the Aga Khan at the Presidential Palace, before presenting the 2013 Aga Khan Awards for Architecture in the beautiful setting of Lisbon’s São Jorge Castle.

His Highness the Aga Khan meeting with the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Rui Machete at the Foreign Office. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte

 

His Highness the Aga Khan meets with the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, His Eminence Dom Manuel Clemente and the Patriarch Emeritus of Lisbon, His Eminence Dom José Policarpo at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte

 

Rector of the Catholic University of Portugal Dr. Maria da Gloria Garcia and President of AKU Firoz Rasul sign the renewed Memorandum of Understanding between their two institutions as His Highness the Aga Khan, Chancellor of the Aga Khan University looks on. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte

 

His Highness the Aga Khan welcomes Charles Correa to a luncheon hosted ahead of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Awards at the Ismaili Centre Lisbon. Professor Correa was a member of the 1980, 1983, 1986, 2001, 2004 Award Steering Committees, and of the 1989 Award Master Jury. He was presented an Aga Khan Award for Architecture during the 1998 cycle as the architect of Vidhan Bhavan in Bhopal, India. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte

 

His Highness the Aga Khan with Portuguese Secretary of State for Culture Jorge Barreto Xavier, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, and AKDN Resident Representative Nazim Ahmad arriving at the Jerónimos Monastery for a concert held on the eve of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony. In a concert curated by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, Tânia Oleiro, a young-generation fado singer opened the concert and was followed by a powerful performance by the Kronos Quartet. - Photo: AKDN / Gary Otte

 

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