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South America and a splendid original. The museum houses An exhibition of pottery
avenue of Washington palms. Portugal’s main archaeological at Museu Nacional
The charming Oriental garden, re search centre and the de Arqueologia
with its streams, bridges and exhibits, from sites all over
hibiscus, is heralded by a large the country, include a gold
Chinese-style gateway that Iron Age brace let, Visigothic
represented Macau in the jewellery found in the Alentejo 7 "
Exhibition of the Portuguese in southern Portugal, Roman Planetário Calouste
World in 1940 (p118). ornaments, some fine Roman Gulbenkian
The research buildings are mosaics and early-8th-century
located in the neighbouring Moorish artifacts. B9 ⌂ Praça do Império
@ 727, 728, 751 v 15
Palácio dos Condes da Calheta, The main Greco-Roman and £ Belém # Times vary,
whose interior walls are cov- Egyptian section is partic- check website for details
ered with azulejos that span ularly strong on funerary art, ∑ ccm.marinha.pt
three centuries. Temporary featur ing figurines, tomb-
exhibitions are held in the stones, masks, terracotta Financed by the Gulbenkian
palace (closed 12:30–2pm). amulets and funeral cones Foundation (p122), and built
inscribed with hiero glyphics in 1965 this modern building
alluding to the solar system, sits incongruously beside the
dating from 6000 BC. Jerónimos monas tery. Inside,
6 " The dimly lit Room of the planetarium reveals the
Museu Nacional Treasures is full of exquisite mysteries of the cosmos.
de Arqueologia gold and silver artifacts, There are shows in Portuguese,
including coins, necklaces, English, Spanish and French
B9 ⌂ Praça do Império
@ 714, 727, 728, 729, 751 bracelets and other jewellery several times a week explain-
dating from 1800–500 BC.
ing the move ment of the stars
v 15 £ Belém # 10am–
6pm Tue–Sun ¢ 1 Jan, This room has been refur- and our solar system, as well
Easter, 1 May, 13 Jun, 24 & bished to allow more of the as presentations on the
25 Dec ∑ museunacional magnificent jewellery, unseen constellations or the Star of
by the public for decades, to
Bethlehem (Belém). The
arqueologia.gov.pt
be displayed. In addition, the Hubble Vision show includes
The long west wing of the museum holds temporary stunning images provided by
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos exhibitions from time to time. the orbital telescope.
(p108), which was formerly the
monks’ dormitory, has been
an archaeological museum The long west wing of the Mosteiro
since 1893. Reconstructed dos Jerónimos, which was formerly
in the middle of the 19th
century, the building is a poor the monks’ dormitory, has been an
imitation of the Manueline archaeological museum since 1893.
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