Museums and Palaces
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Number of results: 69
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional da PenaPena National Palace The fantastic Palácio da Pena is one of the best examples of 19th-century Romantic revivalism in Portugal.Situated at the top of the Monte da Pena, the palace was built on the site of an old monastery belonging to the Order of (...)
Telephone: +351 21 923 73 00
Fax: +351 21 923 73 50
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pthttps://www.parquesdesintra.pt/pt/recursos-digitais/experien (...)
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Museums and PalacesPalácio e Quinta da RegaleiraVery close to the historic centre of Sintra is Quinta Regaleira, one of the town’s most enigmatic sights.The palace of Quinta da Regaleira was built in the early 20th century by the millionaire António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), who (...)
Telephone: +351 21 910 66 50
Fax: +351 21 924 47 25
E-mail: regaleira@mail.telepac.pt
Website: http://www.regaleira.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Nacional de Arte AntigaThis museum is housed in a 17C palace and in a building that stands on the site of a 16C Carmelite convent, of which all that now remains is a Baroque chapel. It is one of the most important Portuguese museums and has a magnificent garden (...)
Telephone: +351 21 391 28 00
E-mail: geral@mnaa.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.museudearteantiga.pt
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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 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 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 de AveiroNew project of magnifying of the Museum, of the authorship of arquitecto Alcino Soutinho, is characterized for an architectural building modern, endowed with audience, destined room the temporary expositions, educative services, library, laboratory (...)
Telephone: +351 234 423 297 - 234 383 188
Fax: +351 234 421 749
E-mail: maveiro@drcc.pt
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Museums and PalacesMuseu do OrienteThe Oriente Museum is located in a 1940s building in the Alcântara Dock, with a privileged location next to the River Tagus. It aims to chart the historic relationship between Asia and Portugal – the first country to reach distant Oriental ports.The (...)
Telephone: +351 21 358 52 00
E-mail: info@museudooriente.pt
Website: http://www.museudooriente.pt
