Places
Former Matosinhos Refinery
Foster Wheeler Corporation e Companhia Portuguesa de Petróleos
1966
Saturday + Sunday
Galp
Tours
Sat 10h, 11h30, 16h + Sun 10h, 11h30, 14h30, 16h, Ivo Félix (Galp) / Sat 14h30, Architect Inês Moreira >> IMPORTANT: Visitor identification required (name and ID), including children, The guided tours will take place by bus, it is recommended that you arrive at least 30 minutes before the tour time, subject to registration on site, subject to availability, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Maximum 45 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
On 5 and 6 July, the former Galp refinery in Matosinhos will open its doors to the community, as part of the 10th edition of Open House Porto. This infrastructure, whose building has Estado Novo architectural features, was built in the late 1960s and officially opened in 1970. In an industrial city of around 240 hectares, several specialised engineering factories ensured oil refining and the supply of essential raw materials to the country for more than half a century. These guided tours offer the opportunity to get to know the refinery from the inside, now decommissioned and with demolition work underway. Galp will promote the regeneration of this vast area of Matosinhos in close liaison with the Matosinhos City Council, the CCDR-N and other local and national organisations with a view to building a new ecosystem dedicated to innovation, technology and the energies of the future. This is a legacy that the company aims to leave to the region and the country, in what it hopes will be the largest and most significant urban regeneration project in Portugal in the coming decades.
Location
Avenida da Liberdade (Access gate, near the junction with Rua Belchior Robles)
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP 507 / UNIR 5001, 5017