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is the striking portrait of poet or the number listed above for
Fernando Pessoa in the Café information on this and other
Irmãos Unidos (1964) by José bullfight venues.
de Almada Negreiros (1893–
1970), a main exponent of
Portuguese Modernism. Also
of interest are paintings by
Eduardo Viana (1881–1967),
Amadeo de Sousa Cardoso
(1887–1910) and contemporary
artists such as Paula Rego, Rui
Sanches, Graça Morais and
A light-filled gallery at the Centro de Teresa Magalhães.
Arte Moderna The museum is light and
spacious, with pleasant
7 Centro de Arte gardens and a busy cafeteria.
Moderna
Rua Dr Nicolau de Bettencourt. Map 8 Campo Pequeno
5 B3. Tel 217 823 483. @ 716, 726, Renovated 19th-century steam pump in
742, 746, 756. q São Sebastião. Open Map 5 C1. @ 736, 744. q Campo the Museu da Água
10am–5:45pm Wed–Mon. Closed 1 Pequeno. Bullring: Tel 217 998 450.
Jan, Easter, 1 May, 24 & 25 Dec. & Open 10am–11pm daily. & 7 9 Museu da Água
(free Sun). 7 ∑ cam.gulbenkian.pt
This square is dominated by the Rua do Alviela 12. Tel 218 100 215.
The Modern Art Museum lies red-brick Neo-Moorish bullring @ 735. Open 10am–5:30pm Tue–Sat.
across the gardens from the built in the late 19th century. Closed public hols. &
Calouste Gulbenkian museum The building has undergone
and is part of the same cultural major development, and an Dedicated to the history
foundation (see p81). underground car park and of Lisbon’s water supply from
The permanent collection leisure centre have been the Roman era to today,
features paintings and added. Much of the bullring’s this small but informative
sculpture by Portuguese distinctive architecture, such as museum was imaginatively
artists from the turn of the keyhole-shaped windows and created around the city’s first
20th century to the present double cupolas, have been steam pumping station. It
day. The most famous painting retained. Call the tourist office commemorates Manuel da
Maia, the 18th-century engineer
who masterminded the Águas
Livres aqueduct (see p86). The
excellent layout of the museum
earned it the Council of Europe
Museum Prize in 1990.
Pride of place goes to four
lovingly preserved steam
engines, one of which still
functions (by electricity)
and can be switched on for
visitors. The development of
technology relating to the city’s
water supply is documented
with photographs. Particularly
interesting are the sections
on the Águas Livres aqueduct
and the Alfama’s 17th-century
Chafariz d’El Rei, one of
Lisbon’s first fountains. Locals
used to queue at one of six
founts, depending on their
social status.

0 Museu Nacional
do Azulejo
Neo-Moorish façade of the bullring in Campo Pequeno See pp84–5.

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