After visits to the Zoologic Garden and Estufa Fria, we closed the program for the 2nd quarter with a picnic at our President’s Home (Maria Teresa Matos), as the traditional holidays farewell lunch couldn’t take place due to the restrictions the coronavirus continues to impose. The Board wishes happy holidays for all Club’s members, hopingContinue reading “Holidays farewell event”
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Visit to S. Jorge Castle
On June 3rd, the Club made a guided tour with a historian to the Castle of São Jorge, which proved to be very interesting. After the confinement period, this was the first event in the second quarter program. We share the group photo here.
New website
Dear friends, By guideline of our International President, our Lyceum Club created a permanent website similar to those made available by other Clubs. The website’s goal is to post and share news about our Club and activities, which members from other Clubs, namely Troyes, can access and read. Whenever a member wishes to place aContinue reading “New website”
BCI and Cultural Days 2021
After the cancellation of the BCI Meeting and Cultural Days 2020 in Lisbon, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the International President has decided this year’s BCI Meeting will take place in Zurich, during the 22nd e 23rd of October. In 2021 the BCI and Cultural Days will be hosted in Lisbon for the periodContinue reading “BCI and Cultural Days 2021”
Woman’s Day
Last 9th of March the Lyceum Club organised a Woman’s Day commemorative tea at the hotel Avenida Palace, with the presence of Prof. Dra. Elvira Fortunato, scientist, researcher and full professor at FCT-UNL. The speaker talked about her life in academia, with emphasis on her findings and research in the field of paper electronics. ThisContinue reading “Woman’s Day”
Anniversary lunch
On February 12th, there was a lunch celebrating the 18th anniversary of the Lyceum Lisbon Club, which currently counts 67 members.
Mechanical Music Museum
In October 2019 we had a guided tour to the Mechanical Music Museum in Arraiados (Pinhal Novo, Palmela). It’s a very interesting museum, with over 600 objects in display, among automatons, phonographs, bells, unusual music boxes, and gramophones, from the private collection of Luís Cangueiro. This museum surprised and wondered us all. Among the displayedContinue reading “Mechanical Music Museum”
Trip to Cordoba
After the vacations period, we started our program for the 3rd quarter 2019 in October with a trip to Cordoba, known as a city exhaling art, warmth and colour, which historical centre was declared as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1994. It was an essentially cultural journey, with guided tours to the Mosque, Synagogue, JewishContinue reading “Trip to Cordoba”
Lunch at Grémio Literário
Recently appointed International President of the Lyceum Clubs, Muriel Hannart visited us in September to get to know our Club and to meet with the Board having in sight the hosting of the BCI Meeting and Cultural Days in Lisbon in May 2020. We were also proposed the gemination of our Club with the TroyesContinue reading “Lunch at Grémio Literário”