Museums, Monuments and Sites
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Regional do AlgarveThe Algarve Ethnographic Museum opened on the 15th of December 1962, being the painter Carlos Filipe Porfírio (1895 - 1970) responsible for its organization. Through a collection of photography one can visit the Algarve of the 1st half of the 20th (...)
Telephone: +351 289 870 893
Fax: +351 289 870 038
E-mail: dmar.dc@cm-faro.pt
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MonumentsConvento de Jesus - SetúbalIn the Largo de Jesus, in the heart of Setúbal's historic centre, there is the Convent after which the square was named. It was built on the initiative of Justa Rodrigues Pereira, lover of king Manuel I, by collecting a group of Franciscan nuns from (...)
Telephone: +351 265 520 964
Website: https://visitsetubal.com/cultura-patrimonio/convento-de-jesu (...)
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MonumentsIgreja da Madre de DeusThe Igreja da Madre de Deus is an integral part of the former convent with the same name, which today houses the National Tile Museum.The convent was founded by the queen Dona Leonor, the sister of Dom Manuel I and the wife of Dom João II. The (...)
Telephone: +351 218 149 617
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Museums and PalacesMuseu de Artes DecorativasMuseu de Artes Decorativas (Museum of Decorative Arts) Housed in an 18th century mansion - the Teixeira Barbosa Maciel family coat of arms can be seen on the façade - the Viana do Castelo Municipal Museum dedicated to the decorative arts (...)
Telephone: +351 258 809 305 | +351 258 820 377
Fax: +351 258 824 223
E-mail: museu.a.a@cm-viana-castelo.pt
Website: http://www.cm-viana-castelo.pt/pt/mad-apresentacao
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MonumentsIgreja do Loreto - LisboaThe Church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto (Our Lady of Loreto) The church was built on the site of the city walls built by King Fernando to establish the western limits of 14th century Lisbon. Worship of our Lady of Loreto, extremely common in Italy, (...)
Telephone: +351 213 433 655
E-mail: igrejaloreto@gmail.com
Website: https://www.igrejadoloreto.pt/
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MonumentsMosteiro de AroucaThis religious community was originally a double one, housing both monks and nuns It eventually became a nun's convent and adopted the Rules of St. Benedict at the end of the 11th century. In the 13th century, it joined the Cistercian Order and (...)
Telephone: +351 256 943 321
Website: https://culturanorte.pt/pt/patrimonio/mosteiro-de-santa-mari (...)https://rirsma.pt/pt/
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Museums and PalacesCasa Colombo Museu do Porto SantoPorto Santo was the first island to be discovered by the Portuguese during the voyages of discovery ordered by Prince Henry the Navigator in 1418. Knowledge of the island, however, already existed, given that it was first documented in the Atlas (...)
Telephone: +351 291 983 840
E-mail: casacolombo.drc.srtc@madeira.gov.pt
Website: https://cultura.madeira.gov.pt/casa-colombo-museu-do-porto-s (...)https://cultura.madeira.gov.pt/en/columbus-house-porto-santo (...)
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Etnográfico e Arqueológico Dr. Joaquim MansoThe Dr. Joaquim Manso Ethnographic and Archaeological Museum, also known as the Museum of Nazaré, was opened to the public in 1976. It is lodged in the early 20th-century house that served as the summer residence of Dr. Joaquim Manso, a writer and (...)
Telephone: +351 262 562 801
Fax: +351 262 561 246
E-mail: mdjm@imc-ip.pt
Website: http://www.imc-ip.pt
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Museums and PalacesCasa Fernando PessoaIn 1993, Lisbon Council founded the Casa Fernando Pessoa in the building in which the poet lived during the last years of his life. Fernando Pessoa is regarded as one of the world's greatest poets.The aim of this institution is to encourage the (...)
Telephone: +351 21 391 32 70 - +351 21 391 32 77
Fax: +351 21 391 32 78
E-mail: info@casafernandopessoa.pt
Website: http://www.casafernandopessoa.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Militar do BuçacoThe Military Museum was inaugurated on the 27 th of September of 1910, date of the commemoration of the 1st centenary of the Battle of Buçaco, glorifying the victory of the anglo-portuguese army. The building, extended and reorganized on 1962, sits (...)
Telephone: +351 231 939 310
Fax: +351 231 939 310
E-mail: musmilbucaco@exercito.pt
Website: http://www.exercito.pt