Machado de Castro National Museum
The Machado de Castro National Museum is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913 and its latest renovation, which included the addition of a new building, was awarded the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize 2014.Photo: Natalia Postawa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: building or structure in Coimbra, Portugal
- Also known as: “National Museum Machado de Castro” and “Paço Episcopal de Coimbra ou Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Cathedral of Coimbra and Biblioteca Joanina.
Old Cathedral of Coimbra
Church
Photo: NielsF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Cathedral of Coimbra is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal. Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique, when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital. Old Cathedral of Coimbra is situated 130 metres west of Machado de Castro National Museum.
Biblioteca Joanina
Library
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Biblioteca Joanina, sometimes known in English as the Joanine Library, is a Baroque library in Coimbra, Portugal, located at the heart of the University of Coimbra. Biblioteca Joanina is situated 230 metres south of Machado de Castro National Museum.
Igreja de São João de Almedina
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Igreja de São João de Almedina is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sé Nova and Cruzeiros de Celas.
Sé Nova
Neighborhood
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sé Nova is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. In 2013, it merged into the new parish Coimbra. Notable landmarks included the New Cathedral of Coimbra and Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra.
Santa Clara
Suburb
Santa Clara is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. It was also known as São Francisco or São Francisco da Ponte after its foundation in 1855.
Machado de Castro National Museum
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Machado de Castro National Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu nacional Machado de Castro”
- French: “musée national Machado de Castro”
- French: “Musée national Machado de Castro”
- Italian: “Museo Machado de Castro”
- Portuguese: “MNMC”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Machado de Castro”
- Portuguese: “Museu Machado de Castro”
- Portuguese: “Museu nacional de machado de castro”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional Machado de Castro”
- Portuguese: “Paço Episcopal de Coimbra”
- Spanish: “Museo Machado de Castro”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional de Machado de Castro”
- Turkish: “Machado de Castro Ulusal Müzesi”
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