Casa dos Bicos
The Casa dos Bicos is a historical house in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in the Portuguese municipality of Lisbon. The house, built in the early 16th century in the Alfama neighbourhood, has a curious façade of spikes, influenced by Italian Renaissance palaces and Portuguese Manueline styles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: info@museudelisboa.pt
- Type: Public building
- Description: building in Lisbon
- Also known as: “Casa Brás de Albuquerque”
- Address: Rua dos Bacalhoeiros 10-10F, Lisboa, 1100-135
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle of São Jorge and Church of Saint Anthony of Lisbon.
Castle of São Jorge
Photo: Robert Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior. Castle of São Jorge is situated 540 metres north of Casa dos Bicos.
Church of Saint Anthony of Lisbon
Church
Rua Augusta Arch
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rua Augusta Arch is a stone, memorial arch-like, historical building and visitor attraction in Lisbon, Portugal, on the Praça do Comércio. It was built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake. Rua Augusta Arch is situated 370 metres west of Casa dos Bicos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena and Baixa.
Madalena
Village
Photo: Deryck Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Madalena is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It has a total area of 0.11 km2 and total population of 380 inhabitants; density: 3,423 inhabitants/km2.
Baixa
Alfama
Photo: diego cue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alfama is the oldest neighborhood of Lisbon, spreading on the slope between the São Jorge Castle and the Tagus river. The district includes the freguesias of São Miguel, Santo Estêvão, São Vicente de Fora and part of the two streets, "Freguesia da Sé: Rua do Barão" and "Rua São João da Praça".
Casa dos Bicos
- Categories: building, cultural heritage, castle, historic site, and government building
- Location: Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70913° or 38° 42′ 33″ northLongitude
-9.13265° or 9° 7′ 58″ westLevels
4Open location code
8CCGPV58+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 96628628OpenStreetMap feature
building=civicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2700618
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Casa dos Bicos” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “尖石宫”
- Chinese: “尖石宮”
- Dutch: “Casa dos Bicos”
- French: “Casa dos Bicos”
- German: “Casa dos Bicos”
- Italian: “Casa dos Bicos”
- Polish: “Casa dos Bicos”
- Portuguese: “Casa de Brás de Albuquerque”
- Portuguese: “Casa dos Bicos”
- Spanish: “Casa dos Bicos”
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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 “Casa dos Bicos”. Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.