Lisbon District
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National Museum of the Azulejo

The Museu Nacional do Azulejo, occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum in , dedicated to the azulejo, traditional tilework of and the former Portuguese Empire, as well as of other Iberophone cultures.
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  • Opening hours: closed
  • Email: geral.mnaz@museusemonumentos.pt
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Lisbon
  • Also known as: “National Azulejo Museum”, “National Ceramic Tile Museum”, and “National Tile Museum”
  • Address: Rua da Madre de Deus 4
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Santa Apolónia and Phytolacca dioica.

Archaeological site
The , also known as Santa Apolónia Bulwark or Battery of Manique, is located in the parish of , municipality and District of , in . is situated 280 metres southwest of National Museum of the Azulejo.

Photo: Geographer, CC BY 1.0.
, commonly known as ombú in Spanish and umbu in Portuguese, is a massive evergreen tree in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae, native to the Pampas of . is situated 1¼ km west of National Museum of the Azulejo.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a museum located in , , primarily focusing on the subject of Lisbon's water supply infrastructure. is situated 720 metres southwest of National Museum of the Azulejo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beato and São Vicente de Fora.

Village
is a freguesia and typical quarter of , the capital city of . Located in eastern Lisbon, is south of and , and west of . The population in 2021 was 12,183.

Neighborhood
Photo: CorreiaPM, Public domain.
is a former parish in the municipality of , Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish São Vicente.

Suburb
is a former parish in the municipality of , Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish São Vicente.

National Museum of the Azulejo

Latitude
38.72476° or 38° 43′ 29″ north
Longitude
-9.11395° or 9° 6′ 50″ west
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8CCGPVFP+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1451054092
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11820881
Wiki­data ID
Q2313815
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“National Museum of the Azulejo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ազուլեժու թանգարան”
  • Dutch: “Museu Nacional do Azulejo”
  • Dutch: “National Azulejo Museum”
  • French: “musée national de l’azulejo”
  • French: “Musée national de l’Azulejo”
  • French: “Musée national du Carrelage”
  • German: “Museu Nacional do Azulejo”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Nasional Azulejo”
  • Italian: “Museo nazionale dell’azulejo”
  • Italian: “Museo Nazionale dell’Azulejo”
  • Japanese: “国立アズレージョ博物館”
  • Polish: “Museu Nacional do Azulejo”
  • Portuguese: “MNAz”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Nacional do Azulejo”
  • Russian: “Музей азулежу”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej azulejos”
  • Spanish: “Museo Nacional del Azulejo”
  • Turkish: “Azulejo Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Millî Azulejo Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Millî Seramik Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Museu Nacional do Azulejo”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей азулежу”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей Азулежу”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “National Museum of the Azulejo”. Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.