Óbidos Castle
Everywhere throughout the town, its mediaeval flavour is always evident. The whole town is surrounded by high walls and the urban structure is clearly defined by the castle, the entrances to the town and the parade ground.
Heritage
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National Coach Museum
The Coach Museum was an initiative of Queen D. Amélia de Orléans e Bragança, wife of King D. Carlos I (1889-1908), who inaugurated it in 1905. It contains an exceptional and unique collection of richly adorned royal vehicles, from the 17th to 19th centuries (coaches, berlins, carriages, chaises, litters, sedan-chairs), used by the Portuguese other […]
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Santa Maria Church
The Rua Direita leads to the Praça de Santa Maria, dominated by the church with its white bell tower and a lovely Renaissance portal. At the time when the Moors were the lords of the region, this was the site on which they built their mosque. When D. Afonso Henriques captured Óbidos in 1148, a […]
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Manuel de Brito Art Centre
Palácio Anjos, one of the most distinctive buildings in Algés, has been exhibiting the Manuel de Brito collection, a representative sample of 20th-century art, since November 2006. Galeria 111, one of Lisbon’s most prestigious art galleries, was founded by Manuel de Brito, who throughout his 40 years of activity there gradually put together a collection […]
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São Miguel Convent
The Convento de São Miguel das Gaeiras, a Franciscan monastery, was founded by Prince Henry the Navigator, the son of Dom Manuel I, in 1569, and transferred to its current site in 1602. Today, it displays signs of having been harmoniously restored to house both a museum and the offices of the association of local […]
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São Martinho Chapel
This is a lovely fourteenth-century chapel, of very simple architecture, with a fine portal in the façade. Inside there are some medieval tombs. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org
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Navy Museum
Founded 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 oceans. This museum, with more than 17 thousand items, among them almost perfect models […]
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São Pedro Church
Built in the late 13th/early 14th century, this was the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. It was destroyed in the 1755 earthquake, and all that remained from the original building was the carved and gilded wooden high altar with its throne (1690-1705) and the bell-tower with its stone spiral staircase. Its later reconstruction was quite […]
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Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church
Photo: atriumgrupocultural.blogspot.pt
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Misericórdia Church
Founded by the Queen Dona Leonor in the 15th century, this church has an important set of artistic treasures. One of the most significant images is the old blue porcelain statue of the Virgin Mary, which can be seen in the entrance porch. The church’s interior is completely covered in 17th-century tiles, placed here during […]
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Santiago Church
This church was built in 1186 at the orders of Dom Sancho I. It was a collegiate church serving the castle. After being completely razed to the ground by the earthquake in 1755, the church’s reconstruction work ended in 1778, resulting in a very different style from the early Gothic original. There are some valuable […]
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Óbidos Museum
Óbidos is a mediaeval walled town, where the many churches and intricate network of narrow streets bordered by beautiful white houses give visitors the feeling that they have been taken back in time. The museum has a collection of sacred art, including both sculpture and paintings, one of which is the work of the famous […]