The Church of the Child God was commissioned by King João V to fulfil a vow when his male heir was born and to house a venerated image of the Child God, reputed to be miraculous. Construction began in 1711, according to a plan by the royal architect João Antunes, and was then continued byContinue reading “Guided tour of the Church of the Child God”
Monthly Archives: April 2025
Guided tour of MACAM
On 16 April, the Club went on a guided tour of the new museum in Lisbon – the Armando Martins Museum of Contemporary Art, housed in the historic Palace of the Counts of Ribeira Grande. The new museum is the result of Armando Martins’ private collection, with around 600 works, dedicated to modern Portuguese andContinue reading “Guided tour of MACAM”
Tea at CMN – Alexandre O’Neill
We began the second quarter with a ‘Conversation on Alexander O’Neill’, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. A text written and read by Solange focussing on her life, work and personality. A poet of surrealism, amusing, fantastical, incomprehensible and who knew how to laugh, above all at himself. Founder of the Lisbon Surrealist GroupContinue reading “Tea at CMN – Alexandre O’Neill”
Trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca – Bragança
At the end of March, the Club organised a trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca with cultural visits to museums, cathedrals, monuments and places of historical or architectural interest. We had lunch in Viseu before continuing on to Bragança, where in the afternoon we went for a stroll around the historic city centre. The followingContinue reading “Trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca – Bragança”
Trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca – Salamanca
Cervantes said: ‘Salamanca makes all those who have enjoyed the pleasant experience of living there yearn to return’. A city with a rich historical and cultural legacy, with an abundance of medieval architecture, nicknamed La Dorada (The Golden) for its golden sandstone buildings that seem to glow in the sunlight. Its University was one ofContinue reading “Trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca – Salamanca”
Trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca – Zamora
After the visit to the Citadel, we set off for Zamora, a beautiful Spanish walled city, the ‘capital of the Romanesque’ with twenty-three Romanesque churches, which stands on the banks of the River Douro and has a rich historical, cultural and gastronomic heritage. We started the next day with a visit to the Cathedral MuseumContinue reading “Trip to Bragança, Zamora and Salamanca – Zamora”