Museums
The Mora River Aquarium, is the first large freshwater aquarium in Europe. The completion of the Mora River Aquarium aimed at creating a single equipment in Portugal, scientific, cultural and leisure, recreating the aquatic universe, consolidate an educational and environmental aspects. All the exhibitions, displaying through living and dynamic models is an asset in the […]
The Pottery Museum, located in the former monastery of St. António – St.Anthony, is assumed as one of extreme importance in equipment preservation and revitalization of traditional pottery of Redondo. In the Pottery Museum, visitors can follow the historical course of Redondense pottery as well as enjoy and acquire pieces representative of the various ways […]
The Redondo Wine Museum, open to the public in September 2001, was designed as a starting point for discovering the Alentejo and its winemaking tradition. The museum’s permanent estate, part agricultural tools, objects, images and text associated with the art of wine making, favoring the ceramic material, characteristic of this production center of ceramic that […]
Exhibits in the cathedral museum include: the sceptre of Cardinal-King Henrique, a 16th-century goldsmith work in Manueline style a puzzle-like, 12-inch-high Gothic ivory statue of Mary, whose midriff opens up into a triptych with nine scenes of her life. It’s a French work of art from the 13th century. The head of the statue is a replica from […]
The Centro Interpretativo do Tapete de Arraiolos – the Building Interpretive Center Arraiolos Carpet is one of the oldest and historic village of Arraiolos, having worked there the Holy Spirit Hospital since the late fifteenth century or early sixteenth century, the date is unknown needs of its construction. Situated in the city square, community center, […]
