Pimenta Palace

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Pimenta Palace
Native name
Portuguese: Palácio Pimenta
Pimenta Palace
LocationLisbon, Portugal
Pimenta Palace is located in Lisbon
Pimenta Palace
Location of Pimenta Palace in Lisbon

Pimenta Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Pimenta) is an 18th-century Portuguese palace located in Lisbon, Portugal, which hosts the main campus of the Museum of Lisbon.

History

The palace was constructed by order of King John V of Portugal in the mid-18th century for his mistress Paula Teresa da Silva e Almeida, a nun of the Monastery of São Dinis in Odivelas, Portugal.

The

Carmo Convent, Mitra Palace, and Galveias Palace
until its complete installation in Pimenta Palace in 1979.

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