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Main Chapels and Altars on the north side, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The plan of church is simple and spacious — a wide single nave, a shallow squared apse, virtually no transept,…
Chapels on both sides, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
Church of Saint Roch was the first Jesuit church to be designed in the "church-auditorium" style, specifically for preaching. It…
General Decoration, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The decoration of the Igreja de São Roque is the result of several phases of activity throughout the 17th and…
Sacristy, Church of Saint Roch in Lisbon
The Sacristy of São Roque is important, both symbolically and artistically, for being one of the earliest sacristies constructed by…
Portuguese Communications Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
The Communications Museum, opened in 1997 at Rua do Instituto Industrial, 16, in Lisbon, is a pedagogical space of scientific…
House of the Future on the Cloud – Living in a Smart City, Portuguese Communications Museum
House of the Future is, since 2003, one of the permanent exhibitions of Communications Museum, integrated in Espaço Futuro, dedicated…
Overcoming Distance, Portuguese Communications Museum
"Overcoming the Distance - Five Centuries of Communications in Portugal", the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Communications, is a…
The underwater cable in a sea of connectivity, Portuguese Communications Museum
The Portuguese Communications Foundation (FPC) and the National Communications Authority (ANACOM), opened the exhibition The submarine cable in a sea…
Mala-Posta, Portuguese Communications Museum
Inaugurated in 2004 , when two hundred years passed after the end of the first period of operation of Mala-Posta…
Mafra National Palace, Portugal
The Palace of Mafra (Portuguese: Palácio de Mafra), also known as the Palace-Convent of Mafra and the Royal Building of…
Library, Palace of Mafra
The Rococo library, situated at the back of the second floor, is truly the highlight of this palace, rivalling the…
The Queen’s Palace, Palace of Mafra
The spacious royal apartments are situated on the second floor. The apartments of the king are situated at the end…
The King’s Palace, Palace of Mafra
The Royal Palace occupies the entire noble floor of the Mafra building and the two turrets, the northern one for…
Convent, Palace of Mafra
The rectangle behind the church and the palace houses the friary of the Franciscan friars of Arrábida Order (Ordem de…
Basilica, Palace of Mafra
The church is built in the form of a Latin cross with a length of 63 m. It is rather…