Sited in the old Dos Très Escalões Palace (built in the 16C and altered in the 18C), the museum has sculpture from the 13C to the 18C, Portuguese paintings from the 19C and early 20C - including works by Columbano (1857-1929) and António Carneiro ..

With its small streets paved with granite flagstones, its Renaissance and classically encorbelled houses, decorated with shields bearing coats of arms, old Viseu has preserved its former glories.

This is a quiet square in the centre of the old town. It is surrounded by noble granite buildings including the Grão Vasco museum, the cathedral and the Church da Misericordia.

This Romanesque cathedral has undergone important alterations between the 16C and the 18C. Inside, the cradle vault, painted with grotesque figures, has a monumental Baroque retable . The capitulary room, on the first floor of the cloister has an ..

This pleasant promenade planted with trees stretches out in front of the town hall. It is also the lively centre of Viseu.

This a Baroque church decorated with remarkable azulejos and gilded wood.

This gate in the surrounding wall was erected in the 15C by King Afonso V and leads to the old town.

In rua Dom Duarte , you will see a keep with an attractive Manueline window. In the picturesque, narrow and busy rua Direita , there are 18C houses with balconies on consoles of wrought iron On rua dos Andrades (to the south of rua Direita), you ..

The attractive Baroque facade is punctuated by the contrast between the white walls and the grey granite pilasters. The central body, inset with a pretty Baroque doorway topped with a balcony is surrounded by an elegant ornamental front.

In this charming church, you will admire the attractive 17C azulejos.