Municipal Museum of Obidos (Museu Municipal de Obidos) description and photos - Portugal: Obidos (Topic)

Museu Municipal de Obidos description and photos - Portugal: Obidos. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Museu Municipal de Obidos.

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Obidos is a medieval walled town famous for its many churches and intricate narrow streets lined with beautiful white houses with red tiled roofs. Getting into this city, which is located on the top of a hill and is surrounded by a fortress wall of the XIV century, it seems that you have returned to the past. You should definitely pay attention to the museums of this city, among which is the municipal museum located near the Church of Santa Maria.

The Obidos Municipal Museum was opened in 1970 with the assistance of the Calouste Gulbekyan Foundation and is located in a building of the 16th century, which previously housed the city's court and prison. This museum contains a collection of works of religious art, including sculptures and paintings. Also in the museum you can see an amazing and valuable collection of French and English weapons of the Napoleonic era, interior items in the Baroque style. Also, visitors will be interested to look at the objects of the Romanesque period, found during excavations, and various architectural fragments. The museum is famous for exhibiting one of the paintings of the famous Portuguese artist Joseph de Obidos. Josefa de Obidos was born in Spain, but later her family moved to Portugal. At birth, her name was Joseph de Ayalla, but she most often signed her works as Joseph Obidos. She was one of the few European women painters to actively paint during the Baroque era. This artist's works adorn many temples in Portugal.

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