A thousand years is the age of São Geraldo's chalice. A silver piece ordered by D. Afonso Henriques' great-great-grea...

The Cross of D. Sancho I proves how the first kings of Portugal, contrary to what was conveyed for centuries, were so...

The treasure of Queen Saint Isabel and her tomb are precious works of European medieval art. And they tell us other s...

The nativity triptych is a rarity of European medieval art. A portable altar, in silver and gilded silver, with 1.30m...

The first Indian in the history of Western art is Portuguese. Grão Vasco and his collaborators painted him on the pan...

The main cloister of the Convent of Christ is referenced in the history of universal art as one of the most beautiful...

The collection of the National Tile Museum proves how Portuguese tilework is a unique case in the world of tile art. ...

The High Altar of the Church of the Monastery of Tibães is one of the most spectacular known examples of rococo carvi...

The Joanina Library is classified as the most sumptuous University Library in the World. Magnificent, the Library ord...

The portrait of the poet Antero de Quental painted by Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro seems to predict Antero’s suicide wh...

The African collection of the National Museum of Ethnology is one of the best in the world. So much so that the Museu...

The self-portrait of Aurélia de Sousa was selected in the year 2000 by the Royal Academy of Arts in London to represe...