Women’s Day Celebration

Once again, the Club celebrated Women’s Day with a tea party at the Avenida Palace Hotel. Our guest this year was the illustrious architect Helena Roseta, who gave us an exceptional text on the various ‘times’ in our lives.

Guided tour of the Lisbon Museum

Still in January, the club organised a guided tour of the Museum of Lisbon, especially of the recently opened rooms. Through models, engravings, paintings, photographs, furniture, ceramics and tiles, many presented for the first time, the city’s history is told from the 17th century to the end of the 20th century. The 1755 earthquake, LisbonContinue reading “Guided tour of the Lisbon Museum”

Venice in celebration

The Club began its activities in 2025 with a guided tour of the ‘Venice in Celebration’ exhibition, the theme of which was 18th-century Venetian painting, a collaboration between the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. We enjoyed paintings by Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Giambabattista Tiepolo, Michele Mariechi and others. Canaletto demonstrated a splendidContinue reading “Venice in celebration”

Tea at the Literary Guild with Prof Teresa Silva

On 20 November, a tea party was held at the Literary Guild with the presence of Prof. Teresa Madeira da Silva, who spoke to us about the type of architecture practised at the end of the 1980s in a housing estate in the Telheiras area of Lisbon. She was awarded the Valmor and Municipal ArchitectureContinue reading “Tea at the Literary Guild with Prof Teresa Silva”

Visit to the tapestry exhibition at the National Cordage Gallery

On 30 October, the Club had an interesting guided tour of the exhibition “Don’t let the devil weave them! Tapestry in dialogue from the Millennium BCP collection”, at the National Cordage Gallery. Curated by Rita Maia Gomes, the exhibition, a journey through the universe of Portuguese tapestry, brings together 86 works, 27 artists and moreContinue reading “Visit to the tapestry exhibition at the National Cordage Gallery”

Tour to Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova da Cerveira and Santiago de Compostela

The Club took an interesting trip to Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova da Cerveira and Santiago de Compostela. After lunch in Viana do Castelo, we visited the beautiful Church of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity, accompanied by its President who gave us a guided tour. The church, part of the female Benedictine monasteryContinue reading “Tour to Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova da Cerveira and Santiago de Compostela”