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Cultural Centers in Mértola
Museu de Mértola - Basílica Paleocristã
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Largo do Rossio do Carmo
7750-326, Mértola
A space inside the old paleochristian church, with an exhibitions about the beginnings of Christianity.
Museu de Mértola - Casa Romana
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Praça Luís de Camões
7750-329, Mértola
A part of the museum that presents roman findings, including a house of that time.
Museu de Mértola - Núcleo de Arte Sacra
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Largo da Misericórdia, 5
7750-338, Mértola
Ths ole temple of the Misericórdia de Mértola houses the first municipal religious art museum. This space, named Porta da Ribeira, presents a unique set of images and religious utensils from popular hermitages and chapels. It features religious art from the 14th to the 18th centuries, religious utensils, procesion crosses and painted wood.
Museu de Mértola - Núcleo de Arte Islâmica
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Rua Doutor António José de Almeida, 2
7750-353, Mértola
A museum in the centre of Mértola, in an 18th century building, with objects of the arabic period, found in digs that have been taking place since 1978.
Museu de Mértola - Oficina de Tecelagem
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Rua da Igreja, 35
7750-338, Mértola
A true live museum where the visitors may watch craftspeople working. It features the traditional "mantas" of Mértola.
Museu de Mértola - Forja do Ferreiro
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Rua Elias Garcia, 18
7750-356, Mértola
The blacksmith's Forge, inaugurated in June 2001, corresponds to the musealization of an ancient workshop of farrier and blacksmith. It is a small workshop set up in the vicinity of one of the gates of the village. The forge ended its activity when its owner, died in the mid-eighties of the 20th century, and was subsequently acquired by the local authority. In this museum you can see a small part of the estate representative of this artisan activity.
Museu do Contrabando
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Santana de Camba
7750-413, Mértola
The Museum of smuggling is a small museum structure you want, above all, to perpetuate the memory of the smuggling activity in this territory raiano. Installed in the former Fiscal guard post Santana de Cambas, intends to function as place of registration and evocation of the memories of all those who have made the smuggling activity of survival of the community.
Museu de Mértola - Núcleo do Castelo
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Largo da Igreja
7750-338, Mértola
Inserted in the donjon of the Castle, this museum houses some architectural elements and crafts collected in the village and the surrounding area, attributable to a period of transition between the 6th and 9TH in the arms room covered with a rib vault of warheads. In the upper room, an exhibition programme dedicated to the history of the fortress itself.
Museu de Mértola - Casa do Mineiro
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Museu da Mina de São Domingos, Rua de Santa Isabel, 30
7750-146, Corte do Pinto
Miner's House – documentation centre is the first permanent pole of the São Domingos mine Museum. Its construction was the initial contribution to the reconstruction and recovery of the mining village. Associate in this space two features: the museums, with the re-creation of the miner's House and the memory collection, with the installation of the documentation centre. Miner's House shows the physical reality of the living space of a mining family. The objects, the memories, the symbols and the shortcomings are there represented. Above all, plan to lead the visitor's imagination and sensitivity so that it can find the daily …