Places
Madalena Anjos
Regular Visits
Tours
Sat 10h e 14h + Sun 10h, Alexandra Anjos (museologist) / Dom 16h, Architect José Pedro Tenreiro
Maximum 30 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Wheelchair access
Photography not allowed
Description
This bourgeois building of the end of the 19th century built to be the family residence of D. Maria Coimbra, holds this museum today. It has been many different things, during the Spanish Civil War it was the home of Spanish nuns, later it was bought by the Portuguese state that transformed it in the PIDE headquarters (Portuguese political police) in Porto, a place for interrogations, imprisonment and torture, between the 1940s and the Carnation Revolution, in 1974. Right next to Porto’s first public cemetery, Prado do Repouso, after PIDE was occupied in 1977, the building became the military museum that opened in March 1980. The visit includes the access to the historical building and the exhibition pavilion, in the garden. (Inês Moreira e João Paulo Rapagão, OHP’18)
Location
Rua do Heroísmo 329
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Lines A, B, C, E e F – Heroísmo
Bus: STCP 206, 300, 302, 305, 401, 700, 801 – Campo 24 de Agosto STCP 207, 400 - Heroísmo