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Complete City Museum
Across from the Roçadas Alves park is the former Episcopal Palace and Seminary Guard, now housing the City Museum, the Culture House and the headquarters of the GNR (National Republican Guard). The Episcopal Palace was built by Nuno de Noronha in 1601, and expanded in 1763, as can be read in the many inscriptions on the facade. The building is structured around a double cloister arcade. On the second floor you can see the shield of Bishop Lopo de Sequeira Pereira and an inscription. The Museum[/ b] is very interesting and has two floors. The first floor deals with the region's historical-geographical development, with archaeological pieces and medieval sculptures.
The second floor hosts the ethnographic section (which I liked), which displays traditional pieces of grazing and agricultural life, textiles, baskets and ceramics. There is also a section of the region's painters and sculptors, and a room dedicated to the armoury, military uniforms and weapons from the various Portuguese wars. They open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 12:30 and again from 14:00 to 17:30. No photos are allowed.
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