Arch • Lisboa, Lisboa

More than a monumental entrance, the Rua Augusta Triumphal Arch is the great symbolic gateway to the Lisbon that rose again after the 1755 earthquake. Conceived in the context of...

Stadium • Porto, Porto

Estádio do Dragão rises in the eastern part of Porto as the home of Futebol Clube do Porto since 2003. Inaugurated on 16 November that year, with a match between FC Porto and FC...

Monument • Almada, Setúbal

High above Pragal, with arms open over the Tagus, Cristo Rei has become one of the most striking shapes in Lisbon’s skyline, although it already belongs to Almada. The idea was...

Theme Park • Guia, Faro

In Guia, near Albufeira, Zoomarine opened in 1991 as a theme park devoted to the marine world, but over time it has taken on a broader meaning. Through zoological presentations,...

Monastery • Batalha, Leiria

At the Monastery of Batalha, the memory of a victory was turned into stone. King João I ordered it to be built in fulfilment of the vow he made after Aljubarrota, and what began...

Convent • Tomar, Santarém

On a hilltop overlooking Tomar, the Convent of Christ brings together the former Templar Castle, the convent of the Order of Christ and other spaces connected with its historic...

Castle • Mértola, Beja

On the rocky height where the Oeiras stream meets the Guadiana, Mértola Castle preserves the defensive memory of a town shaped by the river. The beginnings of the fortification...

Castle • Elvas, Portalegre

At the highest point of Elvas, the Castle dominates the border city and sums up centuries of defence of Portuguese territory. The fortification stands on a Muslim structure, was...

Castle • Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro

The Castle of Santa Maria da Feira rises in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, as a fortification linked to the former Terra de Santa Maria. Classified as a National...

Castle • Montemor-o-Novo, Évora

Montemor-o-Novo Castle preserves the original enclosure of the old town, high above this Alentejo city. The medieval fortification gained new momentum after the charter granted by...

Castle • Bragança, Bragança

In Bragança, the castle does more than crown the city: within its walls it shelters a small citadel where medieval life still seems to retain a human scale. The story begins with...

Theme Park • Coimbra, Coimbra

In Coimbra, beside Rossio de Santa Clara, Portugal dos Pequenitos turns the scale of architecture into a pedagogical language. Conceived by Bissaya Barreto as part of his work in...

Church • Guarda, Guarda

In the heart of Portugal’s highest city, Guarda Cathedral stands with the luminous severity of granite. Work began around 1390, in the reign of King John I, on the initiative of...

Historic House • Vila Real, Vila Real

In Vila Real, the Casa de Mateus Foundation shows how a manor house can become a living cultural centre without losing the memory of the family that lived there. Created in 1970...

Commercial Space • Lisboa, Lisboa

With its red-brick silhouette and neo-Moorish domes, Campo Pequeno seems to bring an unexpected imaginary world into Lisbon, yet its real strength lies in the way it gathers more...

Museum • Porto, Porto

The Museu FC Porto is located in Estádio do Dragão, in the eastern area of the city of Porto. Inaugurated on 28 September 2013, on the day when Futebol Clube do Porto marked 120...

Museum Ship • Almada, Setúbal

Some ships seem to contain an entire empire within them, and the frigate D. Fernando II e Glória is one of them. Built in Daman and launched in 1843, it was the last great ship of...

Castle • Silves, Faro

At the top of Silves, the Castle preserves the most visible presence of the former Islamic city. Classified as a National Monument since 1910, it is presented by Património...

Monastery • Alcobaça, Leiria

In Alcobaça, monumental scale rises from an ideal of discipline and silence. Founded in 1153 by King Afonso Henriques and entrusted to the Cistercians, the monastery became the...

Castle • Tomar, Santarém

On the hilltop overlooking Tomar, the Castle of Tomar marks the beginning of the great Convent of Christ complex. The fortification began to be built in 1160, after the donation...