Museums, Monuments and Sites
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Number of results: 85
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MonumentsMosteiro dos JerónimosOn the banks of the Tagus is an apogee of Manueline architecture.In the spot where the Jerónimos Monastery stands today, next to the old Belém beach, was originally a small hermitage dedicated to Santa Maria that had been built by the Infante D. (...)
Telephone: +351 213 620 034
E-mail: geral@mjeronimos.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.mosteirojeronimos.gov.pt
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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.pt
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MonumentsSé de BragaThe first cathedral, older than Portugal.The Cathedral of Braga was the first Portuguese cathedral, erected several decades before the founding of the country. It began to be built at the end of the 11th century, and was concecrated and dedicated to (...)
Telephone: +351 253 263 317
Fax: +351 273 263 731
E-mail: info@se-braga.pt; geral@culturanorte.pt
Website: http://www.se-braga.pt/catedral.php
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional de SintraSintra National Palace The Sintra national palace is unique amongst the royal mediaeval palaces in Portugal and the town’s most distinctive building.Beginning with the nation’s first dynasties, Sintra was one of the preferred places of Portuguese (...)
Telephone: +351 219 237 300
Fax: +351 219 237 350
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pt
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MonumentsConvento de Cristo e Castelo TemplárioThe Convent of Christ In 1983, UNESCO awarded the classification of world heritage to the Templar Castle and the Convent of the Knights of Christ in Tomar, a unique monument in the history of the western world. Built on a site that was originally (...)
Telephone: +351 249 313 481
Fax: +351 249 322 730
Website: http://www.conventocristo.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.pt
Website: http://pduques.culturanorte.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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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa Clara-a-VelhaThe Mosteiro de Santa Clara was built in 1314 at the orders of the Queen Saint Isabel of Aragon, replacing a small convent of nuns of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1286. The building was completed in 1330, having been designed by the architect (...)
Telephone: +351 239 801 160
Fax: +351 239 801 169
E-mail: mosteiro.scvelha@drcc.pt
Website: http://santaclaraavelha.drcc.pthttp://www.facebook.com/mosteiro.santaclara.a.velha
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Museums and PalacesMuseu Luso-Hebraico de Abraham Zacuto - SinagogaWith a very discreet façade, like nearly all Jewish places of worship in the Christian world, the interior of the little synagogue in Tomar is a surprise. The roof is supported by 4 columns representing the mothers of Israel: Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca (...)
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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MonumentsMosteiro de Santa CruzFounded outside the walls in 1131 by the Observing Canons of St. Augustine, the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz is one of the oldest and most important monuments in Coimbra. Dom Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, came here to attend the religious (...)
Telephone: +351 239 822 941
Fax: +351 239 822 941
E-mail: igrejasantacruz@gmail.com
Website: https://igrejascruz.webnode.pt/https://www.grupogala.com.pt/mosteiro-santa-cruz/
