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GUIMARÃES – Museu de Alberto SampaioThe Alberto Sampaio Museum contains collections of great interest. Of particular note is the sculpture composed of statues from the 13th to the 18th century, made from both limestone and wood. In the collection of woodcarvings, the 17th-centur [...]
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GUIMARÃES – Museu de Alberto Sampaio – LogoThe Alberto Sampaio Museum was founded in 1928 to house the art and other objects belonging to the former Collegiate Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira and other churches and convents in Guimarães. It is situated in the heart of the old histo [...]
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GUIMARÃES – Paço dos Duques de BragançaBetween 1937 and 1959 a complex reconstruction was carried out based on a project by the architect Rogério de Azevedo. At the same time, a Commission was created to gather a group of objects, dating mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries, in [...]
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GUIMARÃES – Paço dos Duques de Bragança – CourtyardThe Ducal Palace of the Bragança in Guimarães was ordered built in the 15th Century by Afonso - an illegitimate son of king João I and Inês Pires Esteves - which was the 1st Duke of the House of Bragança and the 8th Count of Barcelos. He had i [...]
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LISBOA – Calouste Gulbenkian – 1869-1955Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was a businessman and philanthropist of British nationality and Armenian origin. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development and is credited with being [...]
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LISBOA – Castelo de São JorgeThe Castle of São Jorge (Saint George) is located on the highest hill of the historic centre of the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is one of the main historical and tourist sites of the city.The castle and the city of Lisbon were [...]
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LISBOA – Castelo de São Jorge – Afonso I de PortugalAfonso Henriques or Afonso I was the son of Henry of Burgundy (D. Henrique de Borgonha) who conquered many lands to the Moors and therefore was rewarded with the County of Portugal, by then a part of the Galicia kingdom, itself a dependence of [...]
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LISBOA – Da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, commonly referred to simply as the Gulbenkian Foundation, is a Portuguese institution dedicated to the promotion of the arts, philanthropy, science, and education. One of the wealthiest charitable foundation [...]
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LISBOA – Dom Afonso HenriquesAfonso I (1109-1185), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques and nicknamed 'the Conqueror' by the Moors, was the first King of Portugal, achieving its independence from León and doubling its area with the Reconquista. The Portuguese revere hi [...]
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LISBOA – Mosteiro dos JerónimosIn 1496, King Manuel requested the Holy See to authorize the construction of a great monastery at the entrance of Lisbon, close to the banks of the Tagus River.Works started in 1501 and were finished approximately one century later. King Manue [...]
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LISBOA – Mosteiro dos Jerónimos – The South PortalThe Mosteiro dos Jerónimos is considered to be the 'jewel' of the typically Portuguese Manueline style. It combines architectural elements of the final Gothic and Renaissance with a royal symbology related to Christ and to naturalism, which ma [...]
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LISBOA – Museu Nacional dos Coches – Coche de Filipe IIThe National Coach Museum (Museu Nacional dos Coches) is located in the Belém district of Lisbon, in Portugal. The museum has one of the finest collections of historical carriages in the world, being one of the most visited museums of the city [...]
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LISBOA – Museu Nacional dos Coches – Embassy Coach to the Pope (Oceans)The National Coach Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional dos Coches) is located in the Belém district of Lisbon, in Portugal. The museum has one of the finest collections of historical carriages in the world, being one of the most visited museums [...]
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LISBOA – Panteão NacionalThe Igreja de Santa Engrácia (Church of Santa Engrácia) is a 17th century monument of the city of Lisbon, in Portugal. In the 20th century the church has been converted into the Panteão Nacional (National Pantheon), in which important Portugue [...]
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LISBOA – Torre de BélémThe Torre de Bélem (Belém Tower) is a fortified tower located in the Belém district of Lisbon, Portugal. It was built in the early 16th century in the Portuguese late Gothic style, the Manueline, to commemorate Vasco da Gama's expedition. The [...]
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LISBOA – Torre de Bélém – Moorish Bartizan TurretThis defensive, yet elegant construction has become one of the symbols of the city, a memorial to the Portuguese power during the Age of the Great Discoveries. Two parts can be distinguished in the structure of the Tower: the tower itself, nar [...]
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MIRA DE AIRE – Grutas de Mira de Aire – StalactitesOn the 27th July 1947 four village men – Ernesto Morais, Manuel Zé 'da tia', Manuel Trouxa' e Jaime Caetano – decided to take the risk: they cleared the rift, they entered through the ravine, they threw ropes, they went down onto a small galle [...]
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MIRA DE AIRE – Grutas de Mira de Aire – The PathMira de Aire caves extend for about 10000m, and the visitable area is 600m, with 683 steps along the way. It is Portugal's largest caves system and the underground tour leads down through a series of colourfully lit caverns with some impressiv [...]
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PORTO – Cathedral do PortoThe Porto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the historical centre of the city of Porto, Portugal. It is one of the city's oldest monuments and one of the most important local Romanesque monuments.
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PORTO – Estádio do Dragao – FC PortoThe Estádio do Dragão, Dragon Stadium, is an all-seater football stadium located in Porto, Portugal. It is the current home stadium of FC Porto with a capacity of 50,033, making it the third largest football stadium in Portugal. Designed by Po [...]
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