Portugal dos Pequenitos

Coordinates: 40°12′11″N 8°26′3″W / 40.20306°N 8.43417°W / 40.20306; -8.43417
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Portugal dos Pequenitos
The front facade/entrance to the miniature park
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General information
TypeMiniature park
LocationSanta Clara e Castelo Viegas
Town or cityCoimbra
Country Portugal
Coordinates40°12′11″N 8°26′3″W / 40.20306°N 8.43417°W / 40.20306; -8.43417
Opened20th century
OwnerPortuguese 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

district of Coimbra. The park consists of diminutive versions of Portuguese houses and monuments, and has pavilions dedicated to the former Portuguese colonies.[1]

History

academic regalia
. A scholar and politician, he was the founder of Portugal dos Pequenitos.

The construction of the park began in 1938, an initiative of

Portuguese East Timor, the area was circled by native flora, as well as buildings for the Azores and Madeira.[2]

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

Detail from the entrance gate at Parque dos Pequenitos

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]

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References

  1. ^ "Portugal dos Pequenitos, la ciudad de los niños". Vigopeques (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ a b c "Portugal dos Pequenitos, Coímbra". PortugalTravel.org. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Portugal dos pequenitos". Ver Coímbra (in Spanish). Retrieved July 26, 2019.

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