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Number of results: 366
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Museums and PalacesPaço dos Duques de BragançaThe construction of the palace of the Dukes of Bragança, its design inspired by that of the typical French manor houses, was begun in the early 15th century. It was commissioned by D. Afonso de Barcelos, the first duke of Bragança and the bastard (...)
Telephone: +351 253 412 273
E-mail: pduques@culturanorte.gov.pt
Website: https://pacodosduques.gov.pt/
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional da AjudaAjuda National Palace (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda)This neo-classical palace was built in the first half of the 19C and was chosen as the residence for the Portuguese royal family when D. Luís I (1838-1889) became king and married an Italian princess, (...)
Telephone: +351 213 637 095
E-mail: geral@pnajuda.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/
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Museums and PalacesPalácio e Parque de MonserratePark and Palace of Monserrate This fantastic Romantic park was created by William Beckford, who fell in love with the Serra de Sintra.The park and palace of Monserrate, formerly a farm with fruit orchards and crop fields, were first imagined by (...)
Telephone: +351 21 923 73 00
Fax: +351 21 923 73 50
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Condes de Castro GuimarãesThe Museum Condes de Castro Guimarães, the former "Torre de S. Sebastião", was built in 1900 by Jorge O'Neill. A classic example of "summer architecture", the building features ecletic elements, inviting visitors to enter a kingdom of fantasy and (...)
Telephone: (+351) 214 815 303
E-mail: mccg@cm-cascais.pt
Website: https://bairrodosmuseus.cascais.pt/list/museu/museu-condes-d (...)
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Nacional do AzulejoThis museum is housed in the Convento da Madre de Deus, a convent built in 1509 at the orders of the queen, Dona Leonor. The building today is an interesting combination of some remarkable 17C architecture and exuberant 18C Baroque decorations. The (...)
Telephone: +351 21 810 03 40
Fax: +351 21 810 03 69
E-mail: mnazulejo@imc-ip.pt
Website: http://mnazulejo.imc-ip.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu do DouroThe Douro Museum in Peso da Régua is a regional museum and the ideal place for welcoming visitors and showing them a representation of the memory, culture and identity of the Douro wine region, classified as World Heritage.The museum is housed in (...)
Telephone: +351 254 310 190
Fax: +351 254 310 199
E-mail: geral@museudodouro.pt
Website: http://www.museudodouro.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Calouste GulbenkianInaugurated in 1969, the museum houses the remarkable private collection of Calouste Gulbenkian. The building was constructed in keeping with the most modern concepts of museum architecture, designed in such a way as to remain in close harmony with (...)
Telephone: +351 21 782 30 00
Fax: +351 21 782 30 32
E-mail: museu@gulbenkian.pt
Website: https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Luso-Hebraico de Abraham Zacuto (Abraham Zacuto Luso-Hebrew Museum) - Tomar SynagogueThe Tomar Synagogue is the only Jewish religious building that has remained intact, almost unchanged and fully preserved, from the mid-15th century, when it was built, until today. It is a Renaissance building, erected at a time when the Jewish (...)
Telephone: +351 249 329 814
Fax: +351 249 329 811
E-mail: museologia@cm-tomar.pt
Website: http://www.cm-tomar.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu da ElectricidadeThis museum is housed in a group of buildings classified as national heritage - the Central Tejo or Lisbon power station. Besides the building itself, the main interest is the machinery used to supply electricity to the city of Lisbon in the first (...)
Telephone: +351 21 002 81 90
Fax: +351 21 002 81 04
E-mail: maat@edp.pt; visitar.maat@edp.pt
Website: https://www.maat.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu do FadoThe Fado Museum provides a tribute to the special form of singing and music that came into being in the popular neighbourhoods of Lisbon in the 18th century and to the men and women who have dedicated their voices and feelings to its (...)
Telephone: +351 218 823 470
Fax: +351 218 823 478
E-mail: info@museudofado.pt
Website: http://www.museudofado.pt