Situated between two beautiful stretches of golden sand, Nazaré is the most sheltered harbour to the north of Lisbon, without its bar ever having silted up. It has berths for 52 boats up to 25 metres in length and with draughts of less than 4 metres. In addition to the usual facilities, another useful service […]
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This mid-19th century palace was once the home of the family of José dos Santos Barosa, whose factory opened in 1911. The building houses the estate of the sculptor Joaquim Correia. Born into a family of glassmakers in Marinha Grande in 1920, Joaquim Correia studied sculpture at the Porto School of Fine Arts and produced […]
The Museum is housed in the palace that was once the residence of William Stephens. It is an elegant 18th-century building, neoclassical in inspiration and delightfully set in English-style gardens. The entrance to the palace is through an 18th-century iron gate where you can still see the bell that once summoned the workers to the […]
Situated on the northern bank of the Mondego River, 0.8 nautical miles from its mouth, is the Marina of Figueira da Foz. This consists of a harbour with a total area of 5 hectares, comprising several piers and floating fingers, and with 200 berths for boats between 6 and 15 metres in length. It also […]
Located in one of Lisbon’s most historic neighbourhoods, the Chiado, the National Museum of Modern Art, was founded in 1911. In 1994, the building was overhauled according to a modernist project by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. The museum was expanded into other sections of the previous structure with its name changed to the Museum of Chiado. The […]
The Igreja de São Pedro de Penaferrim was rebuilt in the 16th century at the orders of Dom Álvaro de Castro on the site of a mediaeval church. Consisting of just one single nave, the church is well worth visiting for the blue and white azulejo covering of its walls, dating from the first half […]
The Puppet Museum is located in the Convent das Bernardas, a building classified as National Heritage. The convent was founded in 1653, in the reign of king João IV. The 1755 earthquake almost completely destroyed it resulting in its complete rebuilding. In 1834, as a result of the abolition of Religious Orders, the building was […]
This church was built in the founding years of Portugal as a nation. Pilgrims travelled to this Carmelite sanctuary on a daily basis from neighbouring municipalities. The church was modified in the nineteenth century, but maintains seventeenth century elements. The stone effigies of the Patron Saint date from the seventeenth century. The processions and pilgrimages […]
The Fado Museum provides a tribute to the special form of singing and music that came into being in the popular neighbourhoods of Lisbon in the 18th century and to the men and women who have dedicated their voices and feelings to its development. Come and discover the history of Fado through a succession of […]
Close 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 show their devotion to their patron saint. The church was […]
Ruins of Lisbon’s Roman Theatre Visitors can see the uncovered section of the “orchestra”, the beginning of the “cavea” seats and part of the “proscaenium” arch. According to an inscription described by writers in the 18th century, the theatre was rebuilt, during the reign of Nero. Photo: www.cm-lisboa.pt