It depends. Firstly, you should consult the current Municipal Master Plan, comparing the location of your property. In this way you will know if there is an archaeological condition and the terms of it. If the project does not fit in any of the above situations, the Archeology services will only be necessary if the local authority or the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage (DGPC) so determine.

According to the guidance expressed in the Law of Bases of Cultural Heritage (Law no. 107/2001, of 08/09, art. 75) and in the Municipal Master Plan (Diário da República nº168 / 2012, of August 30, 11621/2012, art. 33), because the urban intervention will be carried out in an area where it is known or presumed the existence of archaeological remains, that could be affected by the execution of said project. In this case they must be scientifically identified and safeguarded.

Archaeological licensing is part of the specialties of a project. Without the approval of this specialty the project is not licensed.

According to article 6, paragraph 2 of Decree-Law no. 164/2014, “Applications for authorization are submitted at least 15 days in advance of the start of work, and are considered tacitly granted if the DGPC does not issue a decision within that period.” After the issuance of the authorization order, the building permit can be lifted.

According to Decree-Law no. 164/2014, of November 4 (Archaeological Work Regulation) article 6, paragraph 8 “The authorization is valid for one year from the date of the authorization order, and its renewal if the archaeological work is extended for a longer period.” This means that after one year from the date of the authorization of archaeological work it must be renewed even if the work has not started.

According to Law no. 107/2008, of 08.09, art. 79, nos. 2 to 4, who pays for the archeology works is the promoter of the urban intervention.

Underlying this legal guideline is the principle of “pay-off”, that is, costs are the responsibility of those who promote the urban intervention that will affect the archaeological heritage, as well as any other specialty of the project.

According to number 3 of article 74 of Law no. 107/2001 of 8 September, the estate collected is national heritage. It is incumbent upon the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage (DGPC) to define the final destination of this same estate, which should be part of a public collection, regardless of whether it is later possible to be requested by the owners to integrate any museum spaces that, of space memory.

The archaeologist records and documents any archaeological remains identified during his stay on site, while ensuring that they do not interfere with the progress of the work in progress.

No. The archaeologist remains on the job during the basement works, or when required by the guardianship, during demolitions and wall prunings.