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The Casa Fernando Pessoa is where Portugal's best-known poet spent the last fifteen years of his life and contains much of his effects such as his glasses, a private collection of books and diaries. Here is a reconstruction of his bedroom, a multimedia room and a public library specialising in global poetry. In addition to this, there are exhibitions of artists who have been influenced by Pessoa. Almada Negreiros' famous portrait of the writer is hung here, it depicts him in his distinctive spectacles and black hat.

Fernando Pessoa moved with his family to the apartment on the first floor of number 16, Rua Coelho da Rocha, Campo de Ourique, in 1920. This was his sixteenth address and he lived there until just a few days before his death on 30 November 1935. This and the building's other apartments were since occupied by various other tenants in the years which followed.

At the end of the 1980s, Lisbon Municipal Council purchased the building which was in a very bad state of repair and in danger of being demolished. The fact that this was the last address of Fernando Pessoa made this a privileged space for storing and exhibiting the writer's personal effects, which were then in the possession of Lisbon Municipal Council: personal objects, some furniture and a large part of the books that belonged to the writer's private library. Officially inaugurated on 30 November 1993, on the anniversary of the poet's death, Casa Fernando Pessoa has been open to the public ever since. The whole building was completely reconstructed, in keeping with the design developed by the architect Daniela Ermano, with only the original façade, the stairs leading to the first floor and two rooms of the family's apartment is left unchanged.
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Monday – Saturday: 10h00 – 18h00, Sunday: CLOSED
Adult: €3.00, Family ticket (up to a maximum of 2 adults): €8.00, Child under 6: FREE
OAP & Concessionary: €2.00, Lisbon Card: 40%
Contact Details
16 Rua Coelho da Rocha, Campo de Ourique, 1250-088 Lisbon, Portugal.
38° 42′ 59.9″ N | 09° 09′ 44.9″ W
+351 213 913 270 | info@casafernandopessoa.pt | Website

During King João IV's campaign to restore Portuguese sovereignty from Spain, he was desperate to win Catholic friends to help in his struggle. Failing in this search, he instead sought help from Portugal's oldest ally, the English. At which time was governed by Oliver Cromwell´s English Republic, a very Protestant regime. In 1654 a treaty was signed that permitted English traders the right to use their own bibles, install a Protestant chaplain in Lisbon and allow their dead to be buried in Portugal. Previously Protestants who passed away in Portugal had been buried in coastal sands during low tide since burial was not permitted on Catholic soil.

However, the Inquisition put a block on this until 1717, when a suitable plot close to Lisbon was finally leased. It was originally called the "St. George's Cemetery" after England's patron saint. Ever since the Acts of Union of Great Britain was signed in 1707, the cemetery became available to all non-Roman Catholic British Nationals. Found amongst the cypresses are the tombs of Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones. It's rumoured that several unmarked graves belong to British soldiers who fell during the Peninsular War against Napoleon. Here too are rows of Commonwealth War Graves, commemorating servicemen who perished in the Lisbon area during WWII. Found too on the grounds is an attractive Victorian styled Anglican church. Today this walled cemetery offers a tranquil respite and peaceful spot to allow oneself a quiet moment.
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Monday to Friday: 10h30 – 13h00, Sunday 11h00 – 13h00 Contact Details
6 Rua de São Jorge, 1250-235 Lisboa, Portugal.
38° 56′ 46.5″ N | 09° 12′ 24.5″ W | +351 932 101 805

Housed within a 17th-century convent, the Museu da Marioneta is a magical location to celebrate the art of puppetry, its history and worldwide appeal. It first opened its doors as a museum in November 2001 and comprises puppets of all types of manipulation techniques, as well as masks and props from different worldly cultures. Other than its main focus of championing Portuguese puppetry, there are a great number of exhibits from as far away as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, India, Vietnam, China, Turkey, Sicily and Mali. Since 2008, a collection of African and Asian puppets, belonging to the collector Francisco Capelo, has been on display. There is a constant rotation of temporary exhibitions to keep the art of storytelling fresh. The museum makes a wonderful excursion for the whole family. You can visit for free every Sunday morning.
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Tuesday – Sunday: 10h00 – 13h00/14h00 – 18h00, Monday: CLOSED
Adult: €5.00, Family ticket (2 adults & 2 children): €13.00, Child, OAP & Concessionary: €3.00.
Lisbon Card: 40%

Contact Details
146 Rua da Esperança, 1200-660 Lisbon, Portugal.
38° 43′ 00.0″ N | 09° 10′ 00.0″ W
+351 213 942 810 | museudamarioneta@egeac.pt | Website