Museu Arqueologico de Sao Miguel de Odrinhas
N 38° 53.170 W 009° 21.973
29S E 468237 N 4304208
This archeological museum traces its origins back to the period of the Renaissance, with a collection of epigraphic stones found amongst the Roman ruins. In 1955, the Sintra Town Council constructed a small museum which today is being enlarged
Waymark Code: WM1JDF
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/19/2007
Views: 52
Picture taking is not allowed inside the museum buildings. Photographs of the buildings and monuments from the outside are permitted.
Finis terrae - the edge of the ancient world, the countryside around present-day Sintra - was an area of interchange between the Atlantic north and the Mediterranean south, very close to the Tagus estuary and the great metropolis which had flourished there since early times. The Sintra area abounds in monuments and archaeological remains of every period.
The hundreds of Roman inscriptions and carved stones in the Museum, all of local origin, show the influence of Italian, North African, oriental and Paleo-Hispanic styles as well as less freqent signs of other origins. The vigorous lintels of a singular Visigothic - or "Visigothist" - church are Syrian in style although they bear Latin inscriptions.
The many dozens of mediaeval headstones bear, side-by-side, the cross and the Signum Salomonis, the concentric circles of the world and the two triangles of the six-pointed star. Even the only three Etruscan tombs which exist in Portugal have come to rest here, fruit of the choice of Sintra as the "lost paradise" of the Romantic period: They were brought from Italy more than a hundred and fifty years ago and were placed in the gardens of Monserrate, where they were seen simply as ornaments in the antique style, before fina1ly coming to rest at the museum of Odrinhas as archaeological remains of prime importance in the Portuguese museological world.
Theme:
Archeology
Street Address:
Av. Prof. Dr. D. Fernando d'Almeida
Odrinhas
2705-739 Sao Joao das Lampas
Food Court: yes
Gift Shop: yes
Hours of Operation:
Wednesday to Sunday
10:00 - 18:00
Cost: 2.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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