Everything Cool in Portugal
Whether you consider cemeteries sacred or macabre, these bone yards are interesting, historically cool, sometimes significant, and often, architecturally amazing. Portugal Confidential is checking out cemeteries across the...
Want some insight into what’s happening in the contemporary art movement in Portugal… right now? Want to be inspired by artistic innovation? Or, maybe you need something to hang over that new sofa in the living room?!?! You need to step inside Galeria Alecrim 50....
[caption id="attachment_717" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Andy Warhol TV "][/caption] Everything 20th century American artist Andy Warhol did was groundbreaking, from op-art painting to photography, and cinema to video. And now, Lisbon’s renowned Berardo Museum...
In 1846, a thread and fabric company (Companhia de Fiação e Tecidos Lisbonense) built a large factory near the Tagus River in the Lisbon neighborhood of Alcântara. It was a massive site of 23,000 square meters that became one of the area’s most important manufacturing...
Just north of the Arch of Triumph in the Praça do Comércio, on the popular pedestrian shopping street Rua Augusta, is a very special treat for those who appreciate modern design of the 20th century. Lisbon’s Museum of Design and Fashion (MUDE) is a unique institution...
