Home for the Elderly of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Olhão

On March 8, 1939, the Central Council of the DGEMN gave a positive advice on the approval of the project for a 'Shelter for the elderly in Olhão' by Eng. Leonel da Quina Ribeiro. This advice follows the previous rejection of the first version of the project, which was submitted to the council and was considered by the council to be architecturally incomplete.

As for the reinforced concrete roof terrace, which is considered 'inappropriate'. In the technical opinion of the services of the department. The commission defends this, because it is intended for Olhão: ' if there is a place in the whole country where such coverage should be admitted, then Olhão is precisely that place'

The construction of the 'magnificent building of Mendicidade', now the seat of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Olhão, is presented as an example of the participation of private individuals in the 'official construction efforts' that characterized the period between 1947 and 1952 in publications of official propaganda.