Museu de Arte Popular
The Museu de Arte Popular is an Art museum in Lisbon, Portugal. It was originally designed by Veloso Reis and João Simões for the Portuguese World Exhibition's popular life pavilion in 1940, and after the exhibition was refurbished and in 1948.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monument to the Discoveries and Monastery of the Hieronymites.
Monument to the Discoveries
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0.
The Monument of the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and the Orient, the monument celebrates the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries. Monument to the Discoveries is situated 220 metres east of Museu de Arte Popular.
Monastery of the Hieronymites
Protected area
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal. Monastery of the Hieronymites is situated 480 metres north of Museu de Arte Popular.
Belém Tower
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belém Tower, officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. Belém Tower is situated 700 metres west of Museu de Arte Popular.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belém Tower and Belém.
Ajuda
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ajuda is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Ajuda is located in western Lisbon, northeast of Belém and west of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 15,617.
Museu de Arte Popular
- Type: Museum
- Description: cultural heritage monument in Lisboa, Portugal
- Categories: folk art museum, building, cultural heritage, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Belém, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Museu de Arte Popular” goes by many names.
- French: “musée d’art populaire”
- French: “Musée d’art populaire”
- German: “Museu de Arte Popular”
- Malay: “Museu de Arte Popular”
- Portuguese: “Museu de arte popular”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Popular”
- Turkish: “Arte Popular Müzesi”
- Turkish: “Museu de Arte Popular”
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