Machado de Castro National Museum (adjacent area historically linked to the complex)

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The Machado de Castro National Museum is a major Portuguese art and archaeology museum in Coimbra, renowned for its extensive collections and its incorporation of a vast Roman cryptoporticus beneath the former Episcopal Palace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeology museum
art museum
national museum
adjacentTo Coimbra Cathedral
Coimbra District
surface form: Sé Velha de Coimbra area
architecturalStyle Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Mannerist architecture
contemporary museum architecture (after renovation)
category Archaeological museums in Portugal
Art museums and galleries in Portugal
Museums in Coimbra
country Portugal
hasCollection Portuguese painting
Portuguese sculpture
archaeological artifacts
ceramics
goldsmithery
textiles
hasExhibitionSpace permanent exhibitions
temporary exhibitions
hasFunction archaeological research
preservation of Portuguese artistic heritage
public education
hasPart Roman cryptoporticus
cloister
episcopal palace structures
hasWebsite https://www.museumachadodecastro.gov.pt
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component
inception 1911
incorporates Roman cryptoporticus of Aeminium
locatedIn Centro Region
Coimbra
University of Coimbra historic core
surface form: historic centre of Coimbra
namedAfter Machado de Castro
surface form: Joaquim Machado de Castro
near Alta of Coimbra
University of Coimbra
occupies former Episcopal Palace of Coimbra
operatedBy Direção-Geral do Património Cultural
overlooks Mondego River
surface form: Mondego River valley
ownedBy Portuguese state
surface form: Portuguese State
partOf UNESCO World Heritage Site (University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia)
surface form: University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia World Heritage Site
significantPeriod Baroque
Renaissance
Roman period (cryptoporticus)
medieval period

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UNESCO World Heritage Site (University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia) includes Machado de Castro National Museum (adjacent area historically linked to the complex)
subject surface form: University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia