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3 Jardim Botânico
Tropical
Rua da Junqueira 86 (entrance on
Largo do Jerónimos). Map 1 C4.
Tel 213 609 665. @ 727, 728, 751.
v 15. Open Feb–Mar & Oct: 10am–
6pm daily; Apr & Sep: 10am–7pm
daily; May–Aug: 10am–8pm daily;
Nov–Jan: 10am–5pm daily. Closed
1 Jan, Easter, 25 Dec. & 7
Also known as the Jardim do
Ultramar, this peaceful park
with ponds, waterfowl and
peacocks, attracts surprisingly
few visitors. Designed at the
beginning of the 20th century
as the research centre of the
Institute for Tropical Sciences,
it is more of an arboretum
than a flower garden. The Washington palms in the Jardim Botânico Tropical
emphasis is on rare and
endangered tropical and dormitory, has been a museum 6 Planetário
subtropical trees and plants. since 1893. Reconstructed in Calouste Gulbenkian
Among the most striking are the middle of the 19th century,
dragon trees, native to the the building is a poor imitation Praça do Império. Map 1 B4. Tel 213
Canary Islands and Madeira, of the Manueline original. The 620 002. @ 714, 727, 728, 751.
monkey puzzle trees from museum houses Portugal’s v 15. Open timings vary, check
website for details. & 7
South America and an avenue main archaeological research ∑ planetario.marinha.pt
of Washington palms. The centre and the exhibits, from
Oriental garden with its streams sites all over the country, Financed by the Gulbenkian
and bridges is heralded by a include a gold Iron Age Foundation (see p81) and
large Chinese-style gateway bracelet, Visigothic jewellery built in 1965, this modern
that represented Macau in the found in the Alentejo in building sits incongruously
Exhibition of the Portuguese southern Portugal, Roman beside the Jerónimos
World in 1940 (see p64). ornaments, some fine Roman monastery. Inside, the
The research buildings mosaics and early Planetarium reveals the
are housed in the Palácio dos 8th-century Moorish mysteries of the cosmos.
Condes da Calheta, whose artifacts. The main There are shows in Portuguese,
interior walls are covered Greco-Roman and English, Spanish and French
with azulejos spanning Egyptian section is several times a week,
three centuries. Temporary strong on funerary explaining the movement
exhibitions are held in the art, featuring of the stars and our solar
palace (closed 12:30–2pm). figurines, system, as well as presentations
tombstones, on more specialist themes,
masks, terracotta such as the constellations or
4 Mosteiro dos amulets and the Star of Bethlehem (Belém).
Jerónimos Visigothic buckle, Museu funeral cones A particular highlight is the
Nacional de Arqueologia inscribed with 30-minute Hubble Vision
See pp68–9. hieroglyphics show, which includes stunning
alluding to the solar system, images provided by the
5 Museu Nacional dating from 6000 BC. The orbital telescope.
dimly lit Room of Treasures
de Arqueologia has a fine collection of coins,
necklaces, bracelets and other
Praça do Império. Map 1 B4. Tel 213
620 000. @ 714, 727, 728, 729, 751. jewellery dating from 1800 to
v 15. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. 500 BC. This room has been
Closed 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May, 25 Dec. refurbished to allow more
& (free first Sun of the month). 7 of the magnificent jewellery,
∑ museuarqueologia.pt unseen by the public for
decades, to be shown. In
The long west wing of the addition, the museum also
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (see holds temporary exhibitions The dome of the Planetário Calouste
pp68–9), formerly the monks’ from time to time. Gulbenkian, near the Museu de Marinha

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