Museu Arqueológico do Carmo

Original Authors:
Várias autorias
(1389)

Interventions:
Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses
(1864 reabilitação)

About the Place

The ruins of Carmo Church, part of the convent founded by Nuno Álvares Pereira, where he would become a monk near the end of his life, are one of the symbols of Lisbon and the most visible trace of the 1755 earthquake. Several reconstruction strategies were partially executed and interrupted by the extinction of the religious orders. More than a conscious decision, inactivity ended up freezing a mixture of ruins, construction, and buildings. This suspended state was valued in the Romantic period, contributing to the decision not to carry out large-scale interventions as in other monuments. In 1864, the first archaeological museum in Portugal was established there, founded by the Association of Archaeologists. The collection, with a very diversified assortment, covers prehistory to the present day chronologically.

Museu Arqueológico do Carmo

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