Portugal dos Pequenitos
Portugal dos Pequenitos | |
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General information | |
Type | Miniature park |
Location | Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas |
Town or city | Coimbra |
Country | Portugal |
Coordinates | 40°12′11″N 8°26′3″W / 40.20306°N 8.43417°W |
Opened | 20th century |
Owner | Portuguese Republic |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Cassiano Branco |
Website | |
http://www.portugaldospequenitos.pt/ |
The Portugal dos Pequenitos (translated as Portugal of/for the Little Ones) is a
History
The construction of the park began in 1938, an initiative of
From 1959, the site was integrated into the heritage and patrimony of the Bissaya Barreto Foundation.[2]
Beginning in December 2003, a new space was open to act as visitor center for activities and pedagogical events, along with a sundial, both projects designed by architect João Paulo Revez Conceição.[2] In 2007, the park had its highest ever number of yearly visitors, a total of 331,000 visitors.[2]
Starting in 2015, in an attempt to transform and make the site more dynamic, the board proposed new Portuguese monuments and the introduction of more regional houses to the collection.[2]
Architecture
The site is situated on the left bank of the Mondego River, integrated into the buildings immediately near the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova (in the east), Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (in the south) and the Convent of São Francisco (in the north).[2]
The thematic park includes miniature replicas that represent the monuments and other elements from the cultural heritage and patrimony in Portugal and world, divided into three thematic areas.[2]
The first section includes traditional architecture from various regional areas of Portugal, that included representations of manorhouses, houses of nobles and seigneurs from the Trás-os-Montes and Minho. This includes typical homes from regions along with homes from orchards, gardens, mills and pillories. East of this area is a group representing Coimbra, with representations of monuments important to the city.[2][3][4]
The second area includes Portuguese monuments.[2][3][4]
In the third section are ethnographic artefacts and monuments from Portuguese-speaking African countries, Brazil, Macau, India and Timor, encircled by vegetation. This section also integrates important monuments from the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores.[2][3][4]
Gallery
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Examples of traditional signeurial homes from Alto Trás-os-Montes
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The Coimbra-related diorama of monuments, highlighted by the Sé Cathedral
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The monumental Brazilian pavilion near the entrance
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The diorama for the Azores with church and Portas do Mar
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World map of theHenry the Navigator
References
- ^ "Portugal dos Pequenitos, la ciudad de los niños". Vigopeques (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Matias, Cecília (2009), SIPA (ed.), Portugal dos Pequenitos (IPA.00027217/PT020603160231) (in European Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, retrieved 7 December 2016
- ^ a b c "Portugal dos Pequenitos, Coímbra". PortugalTravel.org. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Portugal dos pequenitos". Ver Coímbra (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese and English)