Lisbon - City Museum

(Local Name: Museu da Cidade) In 1739 Joao V had the Palácio Piomenta on the northern end of the Campo Grande built for his mistress, the nun Madre Paula from the Odivelas convent. In 1962 the city of Lisbon set up in this palace a museum in which the history of the development of the city is extensively documented.

On view are Roman excavation finds, historical paintings of the conquest of the Castelo de Sao Jorge by the Portuguese, old navigation charts, documents from the "Golden Age", architectural models and pieces saved from buildings after the earthquake (such as the "diamond stones" from the Casa dos Bicos. Panoramic views of the city before the earthquake occupy a wide room, together with pictures