4.7Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
Palace • Lisboa, Lisboa
High on Ajuda hill, this neoclassical palace speaks less of completed triumph than of ambition, interruption and endurance. Conceived at the start of the nineteenth century to...
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4.6Centro Cultural de Belém
Cultural Centre • Lisboa, Lisboa
Among Belém’s great historic symbols, the Belém Cultural Centre marks the moment when Lisbon decided to inscribe its modernity too into the city’s monumental landscape. Its...
4.6Museu do Dinheiro
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
Set inside the former church of Saint Julian, the Money Museum is one of those places where Lisbon reveals itself in layers. Open to the public since 2016, it occupies a building...
4.6Museu da Marioneta
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
In the Convento das Bernardas, in Madragoa, the Puppet Museum shows how a small object can hold an entire world. Founded in 1987, it was the first museum in Portugal entirely...
4.6Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
High on Rua das Janelas Verdes, the National Museum of Ancient Art is one of those places where Portugal seems to tell its own story with unusual clarity. Opened in 1884, to give...
4.5Museu do Oriente
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
On Alcântara’s waterfront, the Orient Museum shows how a former dockside warehouse can become a place where worlds meet. Opened in 2008 inside the modernist building of the former...
4.5Museu da Carris
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
Stepping into the Carris Museum is like understanding Lisbon in motion. Housed in Santo Amaro Station, Carris’s first station, the museum preserves the memory of a company founded...
4.5Museu de Marinha
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
The Maritime Museum, housed since 1962 in the wings of Jerónimos Monastery, does more than display vessels: it tells the long intimacy between Portugal and the sea. Created on the...
4.6Museu Nacional dos Coches
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
The National Coach Museum is one of those places where history seems to pass before your eyes in procession. Created on the initiative of Queen Amélia in 1905 to gather and...
4.6MAAT Central
Museum • Lisboa, Lisboa
MAAT Central is one of those places where Lisbon can be understood as a modern city. Formerly the Tejo Power Station, this thermoelectric plant began operating in 1909 and...
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