In 2022, Portugal had more than 4,600 classified cultural heritage properties, spread throughout the country, with the exception of five municipalities, revealed the "Artistic and Cultural Atlas of Portugal", which was presented in Lisbon.

According to the "Artistic and Cultural Atlas of Portugal", the result of a partnership between the Directorate-General for the Arts (DGArtes) and ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, through the Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities, there were, in 2022, 4,655 classified cultural properties, the majority of which were monuments.

Almost 3,000 of the classified properties are considered to be of public interest, with 867 of municipal interest and 831 national monuments.

"It can be seen that the classified built heritage is found throughout the national territory, with no territorial asymmetry in the distribution of these assets. There are only five municipalities that do not have any classified assets, all located in the Central Region (Oliveira do Bairro, Vagos, Pampilhosa da Serra, Proença-a-Nova and Entroncamento)", reads the study, which was presented at the National Library in Lisbon.

According to the "Atlas", in 2021 there were 106 "municipalities with at least one national monument that could be visited", that is, more than a third of the 308 municipalities.

"These monuments are mainly religious buildings (58.8%), but national monuments of a military or civil nature can also be visited, although the latter are less important. The national monuments that can be visited are mainly under public management (49.5%), with the most notable being those under local government (municipalities), followed by those under the central government (Ministry of Culture). However, private management of this group represents 47.4%, with a large presence from the Catholic Church", add the authors of the study coordinated by José Soares Neves.

The "Artistic and Cultural Atlas of Portugal" was created to map and characterise "existing cultural facilities and active artistic entities", with the aim of "analysing the impacts of the crisis caused by Covid-19 in the short and medium term, with the production of updated indicators that support strategic decision-making by the cultural government and inform public and private entities and citizens".