Not far from Silves Castle, in a building which includes a section of the town walls and a cistern well of Arab origin, is the Municipal Archaeology Museum. The museum houses an interesting collection of archaeological finds from around the municipality, dating from the Paleolithic Period to the Middle Ages, which encompass eight thousand years […]
Founded at the beginning of the 18th century, the Church of Santo António suffered considerable damage in the 1755 earthquake, which led to its reconstruction in 1769. It is a church with a single nave, modest in size and with a simple façade, on which the main feature is an eye window with a border […]
The former Municipal Market currently houses the Vila do Bispo Interpretation Centre. The building, which dates from the early 20th century, played a predominant role in the social and economic fabric of the municipality for around 70 years. Symbolically, it was restored to house a public service of a cultural nature which, in partnership with […]
Occupying one of the most typical buildings of civic architecture in Tavira, the Palácio da Galeria was rebuilt in the 18th century on the site of a former Phoenician settlement, remains of which can still be seen today. This venue, which serves as the central hub of Tavira Municipal Museum, offers visitors the opportunity to […]
In this pleasant town in the Algarve interior is located the Museum of Algarve Costume. Housed in a late 19th century mansion, which belonged to a rich cork industrialist, it enables visitors to see exhibitions of traditional vehicles, agricultural implements and popular art.
The renovated building of the former Feu fish-canning factory, next to the River Arade, houses Portimão Museum, where visitors can discover the origins and evolution of the local community and territory and most significant aspects of the city’s industrial and maritime history. In addition to the permanent exhibition “Portimão, Território e Identidade” (Portimão, Territory and […]
The building of the Olhão House of the “Compromisso Marítimo” (the “Maritime Agreement” mutual society) was funded by the local fishermen. It was built in the 18th century and has two floors and roofs with four sloping sides, typical of Algarve architecture. On the façade, a niche with a statue of Nossa Senhora do Rosário […]
In Alte, you can also visit the exhibition “Francisco Xavier Cândido Guerreiro. Life and Work”, focusing on the famous poet, playwright and lawyer from Alte, which is open to the public in the Cândido Guerreiro e Condes de Alte Museum.
Science and technology come together in an entertaining and educational way at a centre that is packed with activities for visitors of all ages.
In the mid-15th century, the first African slaves arrived in Lagos and began to be sold. One of the city’s oldest buildings currently houses the Slave Market Museum, which gives visitors a perspective of this regrettable chapter in Portuguese history.
The construction of the convent Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Our Lady of Assumption) began in 1519, on the initiative of two nuns from Beja, who were sponsored by the Queen Leonor, commander of the town of Faro at that time. The first phase of the work was late Gothic, but in about 1530, […]