{"id":58098,"date":"2026-10-12T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=58098"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:58:00","slug":"museu-do-abade-de-bacal","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/it\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/porto-and-north\/museu-do-abade-de-bacal\/","title":{"rendered":"Museu do Abade de Ba\u00e7al"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the former bishop&#8217;s palace beside the castle of Bragan\u00e7a, the Museu do Abade de Ba\u00e7al holds the artistic and archaeological heritage of Portugal&#8217;s north-eastern corner. Its rooms, arranged around a granite courtyard, bring together painting, sculpture, goldsmithery, furniture and textiles from a region long shaped by its frontier position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From regional museum to Abade de Ba\u00e7al<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum was created in 1915 as the regional museum of Bragan\u00e7a and was renamed in 1935 in honour of the Abade de Ba\u00e7al, the priest, archaeologist and historian who directed it. Its collections include the legacy of the writer Guerra Junqueiro, with furniture and paintings, and objects gathered from churches and convents across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Archaeology from the Bragan\u00e7a region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Painting and drawing, sculpture, furniture and goldsmithery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Textiles and objects of regional ethnography.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Temporary exhibitions drawing on the museum&#8217;s collections and on other Portuguese museums.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting the museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum is in the historic centre of Bragan\u00e7a, next to the cathedral and the castle. 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