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"The fateful morning #1..."

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Carmo Convent and its Church are not just valuable because of its architecture or privileged location, but also and mainly because of its symbolism. In fact this is one of the rare buildings that survived to the earthquake! The interior of the ruins of the church was transformed into a museological space, the Archaeological Museum of Carmo, which concept was developed by Possidonio da Silva, the prime mentor and president of the Royal Association of Portuguese Architects and Archaeologists.
Carmo Archaeological Museum was inaugurated 150 years ago and we still can feel the spirit that moved its mentors, curators and perpetuators, it really has a very special atmosphere which confers on the museum a singular character!!!
The uncovered part of the museum, (three naves, spans, crossing and transept), has a permanent exhibition of chosen stone pieces, diverse funerary, epigraphic, statuary and heraldic representations. Fragile artifacts and the most valuable ones remain inside under the covered areas of the ruined church, and the collections are very eclectic in terms of chronology, geography, typology and historic-cultural provenance, as well as, their possible symbolic significance. The artifacts speak for themselves and the exhibition can show the visitors, from the most remote periods up to modernity! As I said, Carmo Archaeological Museum’s Collections (Mac Collections) includes artifacts from the Paleolithic and Neolithic up to the 20th century, which demanded a periodical adaptation of the space in the ruins of Carmo church, and it was during 1940s when these works took the definitive and formal aspect that visitors can find today: the masonry walls were filled with arches linking the former main and collateral chapels to the transept, and integrating all the walls through a series of architectural and sculptural features coming from the Mac collection.
The museum is certainly worth a visit.

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Thu 3 Nov 2005 01:58

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comments (15 from 47)

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Jose Antonio Moreno #1 Thu 3 Nov 2005 02:01

Another wonderful perspective of this serie.

Thanks for the notes.

REgards.

Nuno Milheiro #2 Thu 3 Nov 2005 02:19

Beautiful light and tonality!
Good architecture detail!!
Excellent notes!

Abraco

A. Girao #3 Thu 3 Nov 2005 02:23

No words...Luquesio!
Abraзo

fele #4 Thu 3 Nov 2005 02:27

Another excellent composition Luquesio!
Very good details and general tones!
Best compliments!!!

Fernando Dinis #6 Thu 3 Nov 2005 02:51

Another great !!
Abraзгo.

Vitor Nunes #7 Thu 3 Nov 2005 03:14

Um bom angulo das ruinas
Boa divulgacao, Luquesio
Grande abraco

Maria do Carmo #8 Thu 3 Nov 2005 03:36

Good architecture detail!!
Thanks for the notes.

Alexander Dugaev #9 Thu 3 Nov 2005 03:45

great work!

Kiara #10 Thu 3 Nov 2005 04:42

My friend Luquesio, another excellent composition from you!!!!
Great sense of perspective and perfect details!!! Wonderful tonality, really suitable for this photo! Very good light too!!!
An then... your notes are always interesting: you're a perfect tourists' guide!! wink
My sincere congrats to you!!

Alex Melkuev #11 Thu 3 Nov 2005 04:53

Beautiful light and tonality

Anatoli Potapov #12 Thu 3 Nov 2005 05:51

Well done!

Olga Maleeva #13 Thu 3 Nov 2005 07:41

Superb and very interestingly!

chandru shahani #14 Thu 3 Nov 2005 08:09

The best thing of the best thing - nice shadows.
Thank you for the interesting notes.

Guenter-Georg #15 Thu 3 Nov 2005 08:57

wonderful architecture, great light and reflection!

Roberto Palladini #16 Thu 3 Nov 2005 10:13

Excellent used light, very creative. Regards Roberto

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