On 8 January 1973, Francisco de Sousa Botelho de Albuquerque, 6th Count of Vila Real, 5th Count of Melo and 3rd Count of Mangualde, died. Two years earlier, in December 1970, he had completed his greatest work, the one to which he had dedicated almost his entire life: the establishment of the Casa de Mateus Foundation, with the donation for public service purposes of the architectural complex comprising the House, Chapel and Cellar Houses, a perimeter including historic gardens, orchards, vineyards and woodland, and an extensive collection comprising archives, a library and museum collections. This exhibition invites you to discover the details of this trajectory.