The Monteiro-Mor Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Monteiro-Mor) is a Portuguese palace located in Lisbon, Portugal
The Monteiro-Mor Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Monteiro-Mor) is a Portuguese palace located in Lisbon, Portugal.
History
Monteiro-Mor Palace is located in the Lumiar parish in Lisbon.
The name of the palace dates back to the 18th century when the High Huntsman of the Royal House (Portuguese: Monteiro-Mor) D. Henrique de Noronha and his wife D. Fernao Telles da Silva occupied the palace.
The Portuguese National Museum of Costume and Fashion is currently installed in the palace.
The palace is surrounded by an eleven hectare botanical garden.
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The National Museum of Costume (Museu Nacional do Traje), created in 1976, presents to the public a collection of historical costumes, garments and accessories, dating from the XVIII century to the present day, either in permanent or temporary exhibitions. The collection is housed in the Angeja-Palmela Palace with, on its grounds, the Monteiro-Mor Botanic Park.
Its purpose is to establish a strategy for the research, conservation and public exhibition of costumes and textiles. Furthermore, it has a policy of safeguarding and promoting the Monteiro-Mor Botanic Park and supporting this heritage among the community.
Preserving Green (“Conservar Verde”) is a concept that integrates the values of responsibility and sustainability, as well as the management of the cultural and natural heritage entrusted to the National Museum of Costume.
Monteiro-Mor Botanical Park
The botanic park, an area that has integrated the old agricultural land, has presently around 11 walled hectares and is crossed by a stream which runs on the surface initially and then has a piped segment. It dates from the XVIII century. This solution allowed the construction of large terraces which support the platform where the palace stands.
Tradition tells us that the botanic garden was started by Domingos Vandelli, in the second half of the XVIII century, during the tenancy of the 3rd Marquis of Angeja. A plausible but unconfirmed information tells us that the garden, with its special characteristics, motivated the Palmela Family in the XIX century to continue adding to the botanic garden tradition. The first Araucaria heterophylla known in mainland Portugal can be found here.
After the purchase by the State in 1975, restoration and adaptation works were carried out on in the property and the botanic garden, preserving their major characteristics – the garden, the rosarium, the orchard, the meadows, the pine woods and the vegetable garden, as well as implementing the botanical diversity.
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Free
4.00 EUR
Joint Ticket: 6.00 EUR
Palace Park: 3.00 EUR
Youth Card, Student Card, Seniors: 50% discount
0 - 12 years: free
Family: 50% discount
- Free entrance on Sundays and bank holidays until 2 pm for all residents at the national territory
- Lift
- WC
- Recreation areas
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- It houses the National Museum of Costume
- Closed on Mondays
- Partly accessible for wheelchairs
- Taking photos with flash or tripod, or filming inside the Museum or the Park is not allowed
- Pets are not allowed
- Guided tours are available