Located in Cidade Universitária, the Santa Maria Hospital opened in April 1953.
Thebuildingprojectwascommissioned to theGermanarchitect Hermann (1875-1945), whofinishedit in 1938, withtheconstructiontakingplacebetween 1944 and 1952.
With capacity for 1.457 beds HSM is the “twin brother” of Hospital de São João, in Oporto, designed by the same architect and opened in 1959.
Photos with history
Many memories can arise when viewing the photographs from the studios of Mário and Horácio Novais
who recorded the daily life, the architecture and works for advertising.