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Sun and Sights in Lisbon 10 Garden/Cafeterias /Shop The museum’s downstairs cafeteria gives onto a pleasant garden overlooking the river; upstairs is another café and a well-stocked gift shop. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Practical information • Rua das Janelas Verdes • Map E5 • 21 391 28 00 • 10am–6pm Wed–Sun, 2–6pm Tue • Admission €3 (concessions €1.50; under-14s free; free before 2pm Sun & public holidays) • www.mnarteantiga-ipmuseus.pt Top tips • There is a lot to look at here. As with any large museum with a wide-ranging collection, study the layout and decide what to concentrate on. For 15 minutes with Nuno Gonçalves or Hieronymus Bosch, it may well be worth giving the world’s largest collection of 18th-century French silverware a miss; or vice versa. • For lunch or dinner, an alternative to the museum cafeteria is Nariz de Vinho Tinto, a short but steep climb up Rua do Conde opposite the museum. La Nuit des Musées If you happen to be in Lisbon on 20 May, take the opportunity to visit this museum at night, to enjoy a programme of concerts and other events – not least the guided midnight tours. Part of a Europe-wide French initiative to make museum visits something more than quiet Sunday afternoon outings, La Nuit des Musées gives access to the museum’s treasures in a new and quite different context. traveldk.com 20 Museums and Galleries
Sun and Sights in Lisbon Museu Nacional do Azulejo Top 10 Features Lisbon Panel On the upper level of the main cloister and 23 m (75 ft) long, this vast tiled panorama of Lisbon is a captivating depiction of the city’s waterfront as it looked in about 1740, before the great earthquake. It was transferred here from one of the city’s palaces. 2 Moorish Tiles With their attractive geometrical patterns, varied colour palettes, and glazing techniques, Moorish tiles continue to be an inspiration to tile-makers and home decorators alike. century. traveldk.com 1 3 Manueline Cloister This small but stunning cloister is one of the few surviving features of the original convent of Madre de Deus. This is the Manueline style at its most restrained. The geometrical wall tiles were added in the 17th 4 Madre de Deus Church The magnificent barrel-vaulted convent church is the result of three centuries of construction and decoration, and contains enough paintings to fill a gallery. Today’s layout dates from the 16th century. The Ceramic tiles, or azulejos, are a distinctive aspect of Portuguese culture, featuring in contexts both mundane and sacred. The art of making them is a Moorish inheritance, much adapted – most noticeably in the addition of human figurative motifs, which Islam forbids. This museum dedicated to tiles is enjoyable both for the excellent displays and for its beautiful setting, a 16th-century convent transformed over the centuries to include some of the city’s prettiest cloisters and one of its most richly decorated churches. The rather awkward location of the Tile Museum can be turned into an asset if you combine it with a visit to Parque das Nações , a shopping trip to Santa Apolónia , or lunch at D’Avis . The best place for a pleasant drink in this neighbourhood is the museum’s own cafeteria; otherwise, head for Santa Apolónia . tile panels are from the 17th and 18th, as is the Baroque gilt woodwork and other expressions of wealth. 5 Nossa Senhora da Vida Altarpiece Almost 5 m 16 ft square and containing over 1,000 tiles, this 16th-century Mannerist altarpiece by Marçal de Matos shows the Adoration of the Shepherds, flanked by St Luke and St John. Renaissance Cloister Part of the first major alterations to the convent in the 16th century, this airy, simple cloister on two levels is the work of Diogo de Torralva. Now glassed in to protect collections and visitors alike from extremes of weather, it remains the light heart of the building. 7 Tile-making Exhibit Step-by-step exhibits of tile-making, from a lump of clay to the final glazing, help visitors to see how the medium combines practical uses with decorative ends. 8 Temporary Exhibitions The top floor is devoted to temporary exhibitions – for example, of contemporary tile art, a significant category in Portugual. 9 Shop 6 21 Museums and Galleries
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