World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index: Portugal

Legislation

As a general rule, records older than 30 years are declassified by the Commission for the Declassification of Diplomatic Records and released to public access. The Commission may give access to records, which are less than 30 years old.

Location

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros Serviço de Arquivo Histórico-Diplomático Largo do Rilvas P- 1399-030 Lisboa

Procedures

Researchers may contact the archives ahead of time, or just visit the reading room. Foreign researchers should have a letter of presentation from their country’s embassy in Lisbon. Records from before 1850 are stored at the National Archives.