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history, from pre-Roman
0 "'- times to the 18th century. 13
Museu da Sociedade Displays range from the Nossa Senhora da
de Geografia remains of Roman fish- Conceição Velha
preserving tanks to wooden
 M5 ⌂ Rua das Portas de  N7 ⌂ Rua da Alfândega
Santo Antão 100 § 213 425 pillars used to prop up Baixa’s § 218 870 202 @ 759, 794
401 @ 709, 711, 736 buildings when it was rebuilt v 15, 25 # 10am–2pm,
q Restauradores # 11am– on waterlogged land after the 3–6pm daily
earthquake of 1755.
12:45pm, 2–4:45pm Mon–Fri
The elaborate Manueline
This museum houses an doorway of the church is the
idiosyncratic ethnographical w only surviving feature from
collection brought back from the original 16th-century
Portugal’s former colonies. On MUDE (Museu do Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia,
display are circumcision masks Design e da Moda) which stood here until the
from Guinea Bissau, musical  N7 ⌂ Rua Augusta 24 1755 earth quake. The portal is
instruments and snake spears. # 10am–6pm Tue–Sun decorated with a profusion of
From Angola there are neck (closed until 2019 for Manueline detail including
rests to sustain coiffures and renovation, check website angels, beasts, flowers and
the ori ginal padrão – the pillar for updates) ∑ mude.pt the cross of the Order of
erected by the Portuguese in Christ. In the tympanum, the
1482 to mark their sovereignty Anyone with an interest in Virgin Mary spreads her pro-
over the colony. design or fashion will want tective mantle over various
to linger at this tremendous contemporary figures. These
collection of 20th-century include Pope Leo X, Manuel I
classics from around the world, and his sister, Queen Leonor,
11 ' which traces the evolution widow of João II. It was Leonor
NÚcleo ArqueolÓgico of design from the 1930s who founded the original
onwards. The bulk of the Misericórdia (alms house) on
 N7 ⌂ Rua dos Correeiros
21 § 211 131 004 # 10am– pieces on display are from the the site of a former synagogue.
noon, 2–5pm Mon–Sat private collec tion of Francisco
Capelo, which the wealthy
Late-20th-century renovation economist bequeath ed to HIDDEN GEM
works on this site uncovered the state in 2003. Elevador
archaeological finds, many Exhibits are overhauled da Lavra
dating back over 2,500 years. regularly, but usually feature Seek out the Elevador da
These have been preserved, the likes of “Marilyn’s lips” Lavra, one of the city’s
often under glass flooring, (Bocca’s iconic mouth-shaped lesser- known street
and today can be visited sofa), furniture by Philippe lifts located at the end
in situ as part of a free and Starck or Charles and Ray of Largo da Anunciada.
interesting guided tour. Eames, and wonderful haute Dating back to 1884, it
The cramped underground couture from Vivienne climbs up to the pretty
walkways provide a fascin- Westwood, Jean-Paul Gaultier Jardim do Torel gardens.
ating insight into Lisbon’s and Alexander McQueen.

MUDE, with the Arco
da Rua Augusta in
the background

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