Museums, Monuments and Sites
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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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MonumentsIgreja de Santa Maria de Marco de CanavesesA jewel of twentieth-century religious architecture.With its simple and uncluttered appearance, this Marian church is considered a remarkable example of twentieth-century religious architecture, guided by principles of spatial purity and geometric (...)
Telephone: +351 255 522 995
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MonumentsArco da Vila em FaroThe Archway Built on one of the medieval gateways to the city, this monumental archway was commissioned by Bishop Francisco Gomes de Avelar in the early 19th century. The project was carried out by Italian architect Francisco Xavier Fabri and (...)
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MonumentsSé Catedral de ÉvoraThe largest medieval cathedral in Portugal.A fortified church with Gothic features, Évora Cathedral is the largest cathedral in Portugal. Initiated in 1186, consecrated in 1204, and immediately used as one of the main temples of the Marian cult, it (...)
Telephone: +351 266 759 330
E-mail: geral@sedeevora.pt
Website: http://www.evoracathedral.com
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MonumentsCastelo de PaderneBuilt during the Almohad period, during a late phase of Islamic presence in the Algarve (12th century or first decades of the 13th century), this rural fortress is a paradigm of Muslim military stucco architecture in Portugal.Contrary to previous (...)
Telephone: +351 289 599 508
E-mail: sed@cm-albufeira.pt
Website: https://www.cm-albufeira.pt/content/o-castelo-de-paderne
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ArchaeologyCromeleque e menir dos AlmendresCromlech and Menhir of AlmendresThe cromlech of Almendres is composed by 95 stones set in two circles. Some of the stones are decorated with schematic and geometric carvings. A little further away we can see the Menhir which is about 4 metres high. (...)
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MonumentsConvento dos Capuchos - SintraCapuchos Convent, also known as Santa Cruz or the Cork Convent, was built in 1560 by Dom Álvaro de Castro, in fulfilment of a vow by his father, Dom João de Castro, who was Viceroy of India. Its tiny cells, little chapel, refectory and other (...)
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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MonumentsIgreja de São Roque - LisboaThe Church of São Roque (Saint Roch) In the 16th century, the place where the Church stands was cut off, beyond the city walls. Hence the reason it was chosen for the cemetery for burying victims of the plague. In 1506, a place of worship dedicated (...)
Telephone: +351 21 323 53 83 / 21 323 50 00
E-mail: igreja@scml.pt; secretaria-geral@scml.pt
Website: https://mais.scml.pt/museu-saoroque/igreja/
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MonumentsIgreja de Santo António de LisboaClose to Lisbon Cathedral is the Igreja de Santo António, erected on the very spot where the saint was born. This is a highly important monument in the city, both for visitors from outside the city and for the local inhabitants, who come here to (...)
Telephone: +351 218 869 145
Fax: +351 218 880 597
