Museu do Paço dos Duques de Bragança - Guimarães, Portugal
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N 41° 26.812 W 008° 17.482
29T E 559192 N 4588607
The Paço Dos Duques Museum is located on a hill overlooking the walled town.
Waymark Code: WMAA8H
Location: Braga, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/12/2010
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[PT]O museu ocupa as imensas salas do primeiro andar onde está exposto um conjunto de obras de arte provenientes de diversos museus ou mandadas replicar, entre as quais se destacam peças de mobiliário do séc. XVII, colecções de armas antigas e um conjunto notável de quatro tapeçarias de enormes dimensões que descrevem com muito pormenor cenas da chegada dos portugueses a Arzila, do cerco a esta cidade no norte de África e da tomada de Tânger. Os originais foram encontrados em Pastrana, próximo de Madrid e posteriormente transferidos para o palácio El Escorial. O Governo espanhol nunca autorizou a devolução das peças originais, tendo apenas dado permissão para executar as reproduções que se podem admirar no Palácio Ducal.
[ING]The museum occupies the huge rooms of the first floor, being used for exhibiting a group of works of art originating from various museums or commissioned as replicas, most notably a number of pieces of 17th-century furniture, collections of ancient weapons and a remarkable group of four enormous tapestries depicting in great detail scenes from the arrival of the Portuguese in Arzila, the siege of this same city in North Africa and the capture of Tangiers. The originals were found in Pastrana, close to Madrid, and later transferred to the El Escorial palace. The Spanish government never gave permission for the original tapestries to be returned to Portugal, only allowing reproductions to be made, and these are now on display at the Ducal Palace.
Theme:
Cultural History
Street Address:
Rua Conde D. Henrique
Food Court: no
Gift Shop: no
Hours of Operation:
10h00 - 18h00 (de 3ª Feira a Domingo)
Encerra: 2ª Feira, 1 de Janeiro, Páscoa, 1 de Maio, e 25 de Dezembro
Cost: 5.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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