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Machado de Castro National Museum, Coímbra
Visit this art museum and discover one of the most important sculpture collections of Portugal.
Machado de Castro National Museum
© Vítor Ribeiro
The Machado de Castro National Museum is set up in the former episcopal palace of Coímbra. It counts with with a 16th century lodge which goes to the Sé Velha (Coímbra Old Cathedral) and the old town.
This art museum preserves one of the best 14th-to-15th-century-sculpture collections of Portugal. It was named in honor of Joaquim Machado de Castro (1731-1822), one of the biggest representatives of Portuguese sculpture.
On the lower floor it is exhibited the Cryptoporticus, a large set of Roman underground galleries, set up under the forum of the Roman city of Aeminium, dating from the 1st A.D. century, and constitutes the most significant Roman construction preserved in Portugal.
The compound of was listed as National Monument in 1910. Its buildings were raised between the 12th and 18th century to serve as episcopal residence.
Among its different remodelings, stand out the traces of one part of the Romanesque cloister of the Condal Era (between 1100-1140), with a classic lodge from the 16th century and the Baroque temple of San Juan de Almedina, built between the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century.
More information:
Location:
Largo Doutor José Rodrigues, Coímbra.
Ticket Price:
General entry: 6€.
Visit to the cryptoporticus: 3€.
Opening Hours:
From Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holidays from 10h00 to 12h30 and from 14h00 to 18h00.
Telephone:
(+351) 239 853 070
How to get here:
Bus: 28, 34, 103.
Recommended Excursions:
Mapa Interactivo:
Coímbra
What to see:
- Almedina Tower and Museu da Cidade Muralhada (Walled City Museum)
- Sub-Ripas Palace
- Anto Tower
- Coimbra Old Cathedral
- Machado de Castro National Museum
- Sé Nova or Coímbra New Cathedral
- Coímbra Academic Museum
- Coímbra Old University (Universidade Velha de Coímbra)
- Science Museum of Coímbra (Museu da Ciência)
- Bissaya Barreto House Museum
- Coímbra Botanic Garden (Jardim Botânico)
- Coímbra Botanic Museum
- Sereia Garden or Santa Cruz Park
- Santa Cruz Monastery (National Cemetery)
- Igreja de São Tiago Church
- Igreja de São Bartolomeu Church
- Igreja do Carmo Church
- Santa Clara a Velha Monastery
- Santa Clara a Nova Convent
- Portugal dos Pequenitos (Thematic Park)
- Museu da Água (Water Museum) of Coímbra
- Miguel Torga House Museum
- Stone Museum (Cantanhede)
- Piódão
- Piódão Museological Centre
- Montemor-o-Velho Castle
- Conímbriga Roman Ruins
- Monographic Museum of Conímbriga
- Casa dos Repuxos
- Luso y Mata Nacional do Buçaco Forest
Beaches:
- Praia Fluvial de Palheiros e Zorro Beach
- Praia de Mira Beach
- Praia Poço da Cruz Beach
- Praia do Piódão Beach
- Praia de Pomares Beach
- Praia de Côja Beach
- Praia da Costinha Beach
- Praia de Quiaios Beach
- Praia da Murtinheira Beach
- Praia da Tamargueira Beach
- Praia de Buarcos Beach
- Praia do Relógio Beach
- Praia do Molhe Norte Beach
- Praia de Cabedelo Beach
- Praia da Cova Gala Beach
- Praia da Costa de Lavos Beach
- Praia da Leirosa Beach
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