Limandy

1. Sé de Braga

2014-03-03

A thousand years is the age of São Geraldo's chalice. A silver piece ordered by D. Afonso Henriques' great-great-great-grandfather to drink with meals. Belonging to the Museu da S…

2. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa

2014-03-10

The Cross of D. Sancho I proves how the first kings of Portugal, contrary to what was conveyed for centuries, were sophisticated and elegant men. Despite the incredible vicissitud…

3. Museu Machado de Castro e Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova, Coimbra

2014-03-17

The treasure of Queen Saint Isabel and her tomb are precious works of European medieval art. And they tell us other stories about the famous wife of D.Dinis. A charitable queen, y…

4. Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães

2014-03-24

The nativity triptych is a rarity of European medieval art. A portable altar, in silver and gilded silver, with 1.30m in height by 1.50m in width. The nativity triptych is shroude…

5. Museu Grão Vasco, Viseu

2014-03-31

The first Indian in the history of Western art is Portuguese. Grão Vasco and his collaborators painted him on the panels of the altarpiece of the Sé de Viseu. A surprising fact: t…

7. Convento de Cristo, Tomar

2014-04-21

The main cloister of the Convent of Christ is referenced in the history of universal art as one of the most beautiful examples of European Renaissance architecture. But this clois…

8. Convento da Madre de Deus, Lisboa

2014-04-21

The collection of the National Tile Museum proves how Portuguese tilework is a unique case in the world of tile art. Panels built in intrinsic dialogue with the architecture that …

9. Mosteiro de Tibães, Braga

2014-04-28

The High Altar of the Church of the Monastery of Tibães is one of the most spectacular known examples of rococo carving. From the 18th century, the Golden Age, literally and metap…

10. Universidade de Coimbra

2014-05-05

The Joanina Library is classified as the most sumptuous University Library in the World. Magnificent, the Library ordered by D. João V for the University of Coimbra had to live up…

11. Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea-Museu do Chiado, Lisboa

2014-05-12

The portrait of the poet Antero de Quental painted by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro seems to predict Antero’s suicide which would take place two years later. Columbano never painted …

12. Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa

2014-05-19

The African collection of the National Museum of Ethnology is one of the best in the world. So much so that the Museum of African Art in New York has held a major exhibition exclu…

13. Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto

2014-05-26

The self-portrait of Aurélia de Sousa was selected in the year 2000 by the Royal Academy of Arts in London to represent the art that was being created in 1900 all around the world…