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The library was created by Decree of 29 February 1796, under the name of Royal Public Library of the Court (Portuguese: Real Biblioteca Pública da Corte). The library's objective was to allow the general public access to the court's collections, bucking the trend of the time, when only scholars and sages had access to the treasures ...
Diogo de Couto, a 16th century historian who served as Guarda-Mor ("High Guardian") of the Torre do Tombo's Portuguese India archives.. The archive is one of the oldest institutions in Portugal, since its installation in one of the towers of the castle in Lisbon, occurring during the reign of Ferdinand I, and likely in 1378 (the date where the first testimony originated).
The name of the palace comes from its acquisition, in 1801, by D. João de Almeida de Melo e Castro, 5th Count of Galveias. In 1928, the palace came into possession of the Lisbon Municipal Chamber, who installed there one of the city's earliest municipal libraries .
The Águas Livres Aqueduct (Portuguese: Aqueduto das Águas Livres, pronounced [ɐkɨˈðutu ðɐz ˈaɣwɐʒ ˈlivɾɨʃ], "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but the ...
A view along the Tagus River, c. 1730, showing the area in Santa Maria Maior and the Casa dos Bicos (tenth from the right in front of the right square) A public image from between 1910 and 1920, published in Lisboa Velha (Afonso Lopes Vieira), showing the former codfish warehouse in 1925
The Necessidades Palace (Portuguese: Palácio das Necessidades) is a historic building in the Largo do Rilvas, a public square in Lisbon, Portugal. It serves as headquarters of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry. The palace has been classified as a Property of Public Interest since 1983. [1]
By the 16th century a palace already existed on the site, but was destroyed on 1 November 1755, following the events of the Lisbon earthquake. [1] [2] Following its reconstruction, the residence was occupied by the family of the 1st Marquess of Valada and 1st Count of Caparica, D. Francisco de Meneses de Silveira e Castro (1754–1834). [1] [2]
The colouring of the musicians in the miniature was left incomplete. Ajuda National Palace, in Lisbon, where the manuscript is kept.. The Cancioneiro da Ajuda (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃sjuˈnɐjɾu ðaˈʒuðɐ], Galician: [kanθjoˈnejɾʊ ð(ɐ) aˈʃuðɐ]; "Ajuda Songbook") is a collection of Galician-Portuguese lyric poems probably dating from the last quarter of the 13th-century.