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| Sights*
Bairro Alto
* Baixa and Rossio * Castelo de São Jorge y Olisipónia * Mosteiro dos Jerónimos * Museu Calouste Gulbenkian * Museu da Marinha * Museu Nacional do Azulejo * Padrão dos Descobrimentos * Parque das Nações * Praça do Comércio * Sé * Torre de Belém |
Museu da Marinha
The Museu da Marinha (Maritime Museum), located at Belém, is one of the best of its kind in Europe. It's a huge collection,
with full-size boats and royal barges, paintings, uniforms and archaic navigational instruments. Most evocative, perhaps,
is the polychrome wooden statue of the Archangel Raphael, said to have accompanied Vasco da Gama on his epic voyage to the
Indies in 1497.
Address:
Praça do Império
Phone: 21 362 0010 Hours: Tue.-Sun. 10-6, Apr.-Sep.; 10-5, rest of year Bus: 27, 28, 29, 43, 49, 51; tram 15 Metro: Train: Belém Admission: €2-€4; free to all Sun. |
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