National Museum dedicated to art, which received its name after one of the most important Portuguese sculptors. The National Museum Machado de Castro is one of the most important museum institutions in Portugal, attracting crowds of visitors every year. In 2014, the facility won the Piranesi Prix de Rome.
The National Museum was founded in 1913 and is located in a former episcopal palace, a place with a long history. The building was built in the Middle Ages in the area where the Roman forum of Aeminium once was. Interestingly, the remains of the past can still be seen in the museum - on the lower floors we can see Cryptoporticus.
The museum collection includes paintings, paintings and archaeological objects. However, the National Museum Machado de Castro is famous primarily for the largest collection of sculptures in Portugal belonging to the national museum.
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