Maria José Marques da Silva [SEP] place of birth
Maria José Marques da Silva
Maria José Marques da Silva (1914–1996) was a Portuguese architect who, like her celebrated father, designed buildings in her native city of Porto. In 1943, she became the first woman to graduate as an architect from the Porto School of Fine Arts.
Biography.
Maria José first worked in the office of her father, José Marques da Silva, a highly successful architect in Porto. In 1943, she married the architect David Moreira da Silva. Together they opened their own business
Branco). They had two sons.
- Pedro de Sacadura Botte (born 14 July 1964, Lourenço Marques). Married Aida Maria Pulido Garcia Zilhão (daughter of Comandante Sérgio Augusto Vicente Ribeiro Zilhão and Maria Manuela Pereira Pulido Garcia). They had a son and a daughter.
- Maria Luísa Madeira Leitão de Sacadura Botte (born 25 March 1966, Lourenço Marques). Married José Eduardo da Fonseca Ribeiro (son of José António da Silva Ribeiro and Maria do Carmo Ribeiro da Silva da Fonseca). They