Adriano Augusto Leandro: Geography of a Legacy

Chronicle of the life and legacy of Adriano Augusto Leandro, a distinguished benefactor of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa in the 20th century.
“Geography of a Legacy” is a journey through the history of the successful businessman born in 1887 in Longroiva, district of Guarda. An itinerary that begins in the capital where he would spend the last years of his life, a city where he would write his will, a text in which he distributed his vast wealth among more than fifty legatees, including family, friends, organizations, and institutions. A long list of generosity that reveals Adriano Leandro's explicit intention to contribute to greater social justice in all the communities he passed through. Territories that are the stops on this written journey: the Lisbon he chose as his home at the end of his life, the city of Torre de Moncorvo where he spent his childhood and part of his youth, and Benguela where he lived, worked, and prospered in the first half of the 20th century.
“Geography of a Legacy” is the 11th volume of the Beneméritos SCML Collection, an editorial series that introduces the benefactors of the centuries-old institution, men and women who, over more than 500 years, have contributed to the mission of good causes of the Santa Casa through their legacies, inheritances, and donations.

Collection: Benefactors – 11th volume
Coordination: Editorial Center | Cultural Direction

Author: Ana Gomes

Organization of the inventory and responsibilities of the will: Isabel Santos Leitão – Unit of Benefactions | Real Estate and Heritage Management Direction

Graphic design: Catarina França
Review: Maria Antas de Campos

Photography and image: Archive of the Grand Orient of Lusitania | Portuguese Freemasonry; Archive
of the Ultramarine Historical – Portugal; Municipal Archive of Lisbon; Municipal Archive of Torre de
Moncorvo; Memory Center of Torre de Moncorvo | Museological Nucleus of Photography of the
Upper Douro; Personal collection of António Leandro Rodrigues; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
| Art Library and Archives; Municipal Hemeroteca of Lisbon; Fund of the Municipal Chamber of
Torre de Moncorvo

Year of publication: August, 2022
Publisher: Editorial Center of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
ISBN: 9789899021648