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Museu Nacional do Azulejo
Category: Monument + Museum + Sightseeing + Tours
4, Rua Madre de Deus, Lisbon, 1900-312

One creation inevitably influences another. (The word Azulejo is thought to have come from the Moorish word azzelij.) The Moorish influence on Portuguese and Spanish tiles is evident as curvilinear, natural shapes intert...   more

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Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Category: Monument + Museum + Sightseeing + Tours
Avenida de Berna, 45A, Lisbon, 1067-001

"Fête at Rambouillet," or "The Isle of Love," by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), shown at the top of this article, on the other hand, is a startling work that makes us appreciate this ...   more

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Museu Nacional dos Coches
Category: Monument + Museum
Praca Afonso de Albuquerque, Lisbon, 1300-044

Museu Nacional dos Coches
The most impressive are the three coaches used by the Marquis de Fontes’ embassy to Pope Clement XI. These coaches were built in Rome in 1716. According to the museum these three coaches “are perfect samples of the c...   more

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Museu da Cidade
Category: Monument + Museum
Campo Grande, 245, Palacio Pimenta, Lisbon, 1700-245

I have a weakness for city museums. I like to pore over old maps and photographs to see how a city grew, what people were wearing at a particular time. I like them even when, as in this case, the curators haven't done an...   more

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Museu da Marinha
Category: Monument + Museum
Praca do Imperio, Lisbon, 1400-206

The main part of the Museum is displayed in themed rooms, many of which are themselves architecturally striking and hung with oil paintings of explorers and historical events. In the entrance hall is a huge planisphere d...   more

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Museu da Marioneta
Category: Arts + Monument + Museum
Rua de Esperanca, N 146, Lisbon, 1200-660

Puppet theater has a long tradition in Portugal. It reached its cultural zenith in the 18th C. with a marionette opera written especially for this form of theater. The originality of the opera has led it to be described ...   more

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Museu de Arte Moderna de Sintra
Category: Monument + Museum
Avenida Heliodoro Salgado, Sintra, 2710-575

Nearly half of the forty-six works on view were created specially for this exhibition. As usual with Chafes, all the sculptures were made of iron and painted black or metallic gray. Some were sited directly in the landsc...   more

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Aquario Vasco da Gama/Museu Oceanografico
Category: Monument + Museum
Rua Direita do Dafundo, 1, Lisboa, 1495 Dafundo

Lisbon's Oceanarium is located within the new and modern area in the Northeast, Parque das Naçoes, developed for the World Expo held in the city in 1998. The Oceanarium was also built during this period, the largest in E...   more

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Museu do Brinquedo
Category: Monument + Museum
Rua Visconde de Monserrate, Sintra, 2710

Lisbon Coast Lisbon Sintra - Treasures (| Español | Français | Português | ) - Toy Museum -  The Museu do Brinquedo started as a small collection displayed in a basement, near the Saint Martin Church. But the collection ...   more

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Museu do Centro de Arte Moderna
Category: Monument + Museum
Rua Dr. Nicolau Bettencourt, Lisbon, 1050-078

In the gardens outside the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, sculptures hide in every recess. You may want to spend a little time here before following signs to the Modern Art Center -- the 20th-century art col...   more

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