Museums, Monuments and Sites
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Number of results: 127
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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/
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de Viana do CasteloThe Misericórdia (Mercy) building and the church date from the 16th century. Created in 1520, the Misericórdia brotherhood developed to the extent that they decided to build the so-called “Casa das Varandas”, in the second quarter of the 16th (...)
Telephone: +351 258 822 350
Fax: +351 258 820 290
E-mail: geral@scmviana.pt
Website: http://www.scmviana.pt/contactos.html
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Museums and PalacesMuseu de MarinhaFounded by King D. Luís in 1863, 100 years later the Naval Museum was installed in part os the Jerónimos Monastery, becoming symbolically associated with the site that saw the Portuguese fleets setting out to discover the routes over the great (...)
Telephone: +351 21 362 00 19
Fax: +351 21 363 19 87
E-mail: geral.museu@marinha.pt
Website: http://ccm.marinha.pt/pt/museu
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MonumentsIgreja de São João Baptista, Matriz de TomarSituated in the centre of Tomar, the Igreja de São João Baptista was originally built in the 15th century, but was later reconstructed in the 16th century. In 1520, the king Dom Manuel raised its status to that of a collegiate church, thus making it (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São Francisco / Capela dos Ossos - ÉvoraChurch of São Francisco - ÉvoraOne of the striking features of the façade is a church porch with arches of different styles - a typical example of the "marriage" between Gothic and Moorish style found in so many monuments of this region in Portugal. (...)
Telephone: +351 266 70 45 21
Fax: +351 266 70 57 01
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Museums and PalacesMuseu de Alberto SampaioThe Alberto Sampaio Museum was founded in 1928 to house the art and other objects belonging to the former Collegiate Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira and other churches and convents in Guimarães. It is situated in the heart of the old historic (...)
Telephone: +351 253 423 910
Fax: +351 253 423 919
E-mail: masampaio@culturanorte.pt
Website: http://masampaio.culturanorte.pt
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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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MonumentsIgreja da Graça - ÉvoraChurch of Graça - ÉvoraThe Church of Graça was built in the 16th century, during the reign of D. João III, in accordance with architectural designs by Miguel de Arruda.A unique monument, of Palladian influence, it highlights a robust character in (...)
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MonumentsBiblioteca JoaninaCount Raczinski wrote about this library in "Les Arts au Portugal" in the following terms: «it is the most beautiful, most richly decorated library that I have ever seen». In fact, the beautiful and noble interior of this sumptuous space, built (...)
Telephone: +351 239 859 800
Fax: +351 239 825 841
Website: http://www.uc.pt
