Fundação Cupertino de Miranda

The Cupertino de Miranda Foundation, a private foundation of general interest, based in Vila Nova de Famalicão, was created on the initiative of Arthur Cupertino de Miranda (1892-1988) and his wife, Elzira Celeste Maya de Sá Cupertino de Miranda, who allocated to the Foundation some of their personal assets and incorporated it on 15 August 1963. The Articles of Association of the Foundation were approved by the competent authority on 2 October 1963. The couple donated part of their personal estate, which included a set of shares representing 5 per cent of the share capital of Banco Português do Atlântico, with a view to the creation of an Institution whose aim was to promote culture and support those in need. Recognised as a legal person of public utility, the Foundation seeks to fulfil its cultural and social purposes. The principle that underlaid the creation of the Foundation and the definition of its statutory purposes are embodied in the first words of the Founder’s autograph reproduced on a tiled panel: ‘Let it Be in my Homeland a Temple of Art, Culture, and Kindness: Praise to Work, Honour to Knowledge, Hymn to Love, Testimony of Devotion to this People. Arthur Cupertino de Miranda, 1970.’