East Tower of Cordoaria Nacional

By order of the Marquis of Pombal, the Royal Rope Factory was built on the land next to the Fort of São João da Junqueira, one of Lisbon’s first industrialised areas. The project distributes the functional spaces in a modular way, with the long central body parallel to the river where the rigging workshop was installed standing out. The adjacent areas housed sections for dyeing, ironing, warp knitting, canvas, tailoring, flags, weaving, and cleaning materials, as well as support areas such as carpentry, metalwork, and administrative services. In 1902, the School of Tropical Medicine was set up. In 1995, a protocol between the Navy and the City Council made it possible to use this 1,250 m2 space for multipurpose and exhibition purposes.