The Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas in Sintra municipality, Lisbon District, Portugal owes its existence to the collection by the Hermitage of São Miguel of epigraphic stones found amongst the Roman ruins in the neighbourhood. Around the year 30 B.C. Olisipo (Roman Lisbon) received from Augustus the status that allowed it to combine Roman law with its own ancient laws, thus permitting full integration into the Roman Empire. Most of its important families lived outside Lisbon in villas and many of the estates were located in the Sintra area. In 1955, Sintra Town Council first proposed the construction of a small museum to bring together in Odrinhas the collection of the Hermitage, which had by then been dispersed, as well as items discovered more recently.[1]
The museum, designed by Alberto Castro Nunes and António Maria Braga, winners of the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture, in collaboration with Léon Krier, was inaugurated in 1999. It contains many engraved and carved stones discovered locally, displaying a variety of influences including Paleohispanic, Roman, Visigoth, and Oriental. Non-local items include three Etruscan tombs, the only such tombs in Portugal, which were originally brought from Italy and were placed in the gardens of Monserrate Palace in Sintra for use as garden ornaments.[1]
Remains of a Roman villa in the grounds of the museum
archaeological, museum, são, miguel, odrinhas, sintra, municipality, lisbon, district, portugal, owes, existence, collection, hermitage, são, miguel, epigraphic, stones, found, amongst, roman, ruins, neighbourhood, around, year, olisipo, roman, lisbon, receive. The Archaeological Museum of Sao Miguel de Odrinhas in Sintra municipality Lisbon District Portugal owes its existence to the collection by the Hermitage of Sao Miguel of epigraphic stones found amongst the Roman ruins in the neighbourhood Around the year 30 B C Olisipo Roman Lisbon received from Augustus the status that allowed it to combine Roman law with its own ancient laws thus permitting full integration into the Roman Empire Most of its important families lived outside Lisbon in villas and many of the estates were located in the Sintra area In 1955 Sintra Town Council first proposed the construction of a small museum to bring together in Odrinhas the collection of the Hermitage which had by then been dispersed as well as items discovered more recently 1 Archaeological Museum of Sao Miguel de OdrinhasLocation within PortugalEstablished1955 69 years ago 1955 LocationOdrinhas SintraCoordinates38 53 14 N 9 21 59 W 38 8871 N 9 3663 W 38 8871 9 3663Websitehttp museuarqueologicodeodrinhas cm sintra pt default en phpThe museum designed by Alberto Castro Nunes and Antonio Maria Braga winners of the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture in collaboration with Leon Krier was inaugurated in 1999 It contains many engraved and carved stones discovered locally displaying a variety of influences including Paleohispanic Roman Visigoth and Oriental Non local items include three Etruscan tombs the only such tombs in Portugal which were originally brought from Italy and were placed in the gardens of Monserrate Palace in Sintra for use as garden ornaments 1 Remains of a Roman villa in the grounds of the museumSee also editOlisipoArchaeological Site of Alto da VigiaReferences edit a b Historical Roots and Museological Concept Museu Arqueologico de Sao Miguel de Odrinhas Retrieved 6 February 2019 nbsp This Portugal related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Ancient Rome related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Archaeological Museum of Sao Miguel de Odrinhas amp oldid 1121687574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
