Eng. António de Almeida was born on 5-11-1891 and died on 9-10-1968. In his will, he established a foundation bearing his name with artistic, educational and charitable purposes. The Eng. António de Almeida Foundation, which was officially recognised on 5-5-1969, has a Museum where the various pieces collected by the founder are gathered: furniture, jewellery, textiles, porcelain, paintings, watchmaking and coins, the latter constituting an important collection made up of gold pieces of Greek, Roman, Byzantine, French and Portuguese origin.