Places
Casa da Arquitectura
Regular Visits
Tours
Visit accompanied by Architect Domingos Tavares
Maximum 15 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Located on top of the avenue, thought through by Carlos de Pezerat and designed by Barry Parker – initially planed to reach Estrada da Circunvalação – the City Hall is the result of a public competition. It is the contrast between the horizontal volume of the corridors, rooms and noble halls; in six floors, a basement, two patios and a 70-meter tower that peeks out and competes with the city’s other iconographies. Inaugurated in 1957, it’s one of the last buildings to frame the then Nações Aliadas Avenue. Inside, we can highlight the Holy Mother of Vandoma, the Noble Hall decorated by Gustavo Bastos, the D. Maria II Room and the Sessions Room covered by Guilherme Camarinha’s tapestries. The ramps that give access to it were before a full width staircase, commented and repudiated by all.
Location
Praça General Humberto Delgado
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha D - Aliados
Bus: STCP - 202, 5600, 900, 901, 906
Train: São Bento