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« Responder #15 em: Agosto 06, 2006, 02:40:03 am »
Já agora uma notícia relacionada com um grande magnata e Portugal, que achei interessante pois não conhecia.
Citação de: "SAWF News / AFP"
Oil tycoon's gift to Portugal leaves lasting legacy
LISBON (AFP) - The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, named after a Turkish-born Armenian oil tycoon who left his fortune to the country, has given out two billion euros (2.5 billion US dollars) at current prices since it was set up in 1956, a year after his death.

Money provided by the foundation has also funded the nation's top symphony orchestra, several rehabilitation centres for the handicapped and exhibition halls as well as the restoration of historical sites.

"The truth is that this foundation is the most extraordinary lucky break in the history of this country," sociologist Antonio Barreto said last month at a ceremony marking the 50-year anniversary of the approval of the foundation's statutes.

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