It was the Order of Santiago that founded the church of São Simão (Saint Simon), in the 12th century when made responsible for settling the region. The current building dates from the 16th century and its attraction lies on the inside with its 17th century tiled panels depicting various scenes from the lives of the […]
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O Rapaz dos Pássaros / The Boy with the Birds Location: Auditório José Afonso, Setúbal The work ‘The Boy with the Birds’ was considered the best mural of 2014 by the ‘I Support Street Art’ movement. Painted on the side of the Auditorium José Afonso in Setúbal, the mural ‘The Boy with the Birds’ reproduces a photograph […]
This museum, which is housed in the Convento de Jesus, displays a 16C Art Gallery, exhibiting a collection of sacred gold and silver plate and 16C Portuguese and Flemish painting. Particularly impressive are the 14 panels of the altarpiece of the Igreja de Jesus de Setúbal, attributed to the Lisbon Workshop of Jorge Afonso and the result […]
Housed in an old fish canning factory, this museum – which received an honourable mention from the Council of Europe in its 1998 award of the European Prize for Museum of the Year – has an exhibition of industrial machinery connected with the fish canning and lithographic industries, as well as agricultural tools and implements […]
The Baroque Museum is housed in the Casa do Corpo Santo, a 17/18th-century palace, which was the headquarters of the former Confraria dos Navegantes, the brotherhood of seafarers, shipowners and fishermen from Setúbal. It is situated in the city’s historic centre, close to the Igreja de Santa Maria. The interior is decorated with baroque tile […]
This museum is housed in a beautiful 18th century building, next to Porto cathedral, and displays the private collection of the Portuguese writer Guerra Junqueiro (1850-1923). It contains largely Portuguese furniture, the highlight of which is a 14th – 15th century piece, two remarkable collections of brass and silverware, as well as ceramics and religious […]
The Cathedral of Setúbal is dedicated to Santa Maria da Graça (Saint Mary of Grace). The current church was built in the 16th century and replaced a small roman-gothic construction of the 13th century. The project was designed by architect António Rodrigues who built it according to a Mannerist influence. Inside, there are gold leafed […]
In 1596, a Benedictine monastery was founded in Porto, of which the Igreja de São Bento da Vitória formed part, although the church was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century and only solemnly inaugurated in 1707. It is a large and imposing building with a single nave and a cross-shaped floor plan, displaying […]
This museum illustrates traditional fishing and salt-making activities and also exhibits farming tools and implements and other objects related with agricultural activities (cork extraction, cattle farming, etc.). The ethnographic collections include linen and wool spinning and weaving, lace, and typical regional costumes. There is also a collection of archaeological finds, from the Palaeolithic Age to […]
Setubal aqueduct Built on the orders of King John II, the aqueduct consists of two storeys of arcades. Dates from the sixteenth century. Also known as the Aqueduto da Estrada dos Arcos or the Aqueduto dos Arcos. Photo: www.patrimoniocultural.pt
This church belonged to the Collegiate Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita, which is known to have existed at least since the first quarter of the 13th century. Romanesque in style, it was built on the site of another church, founded in the 6th century and linked to the miracle of St. Martin of Tours […]