The Dr. Vasco Valente Decorative Arts Award [PADVV] – 2019 Edition, was unanimously awarded to Master Diana Felícia Pinto, for the work “De Campanis Fundentis – The Bell Foundry Factory of Rio Tinto”. This work results from the research carried out in the scope of the master’s degree in Art History, Heritage and Visual Culture from the Faculdade de Letras do Porto, developed in the context of an internship with the Tourism Department of the Municipality of Gondomar.

Diana Felícia Pinto is a research fellow and integrated researcher at CITCEM, in the “Material and Immaterial Heritage” group, and a student of the 3rd Cycle in Heritage Studies at FLUP.