9-14-17 Museum and Castle day – Lover of Wine – Travel along on our adventures

After a full breakfast, we packed up and headed out for the day. From our hotel, we crossed the street and immediately went through Edward VII park stopping along the way for a couple of pictures.

Here we are at the Edward VII – across from our hotel.

Edward VII park lovely spot across from our hotel.

Broad walkways on either side of the Park.

Lady with Baby in the park across from out hotel.

After our walk by the park, we headed to the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Founded upon his death, the museum houses the collection of ancient and more modern art collected during his lifetime. It took a while to work out all the legal issues but eventual the building was created and the collection put on display. It seems Gulbenkian spent a lot of time in the far-east – born in Turkey but raised in Portugal and France – his collection seems to be vast. Organized by time period starting with Greco-Roman art and moves through classical antiquity towards more modern times.

One of dozens of wonderful carpets on display.

Wall ceramic from the late 13th century – Moorish.

Various things caught our eye. The entire collection is well displayed and informative. After exploring the various displays we hit the cafeteria for a nice lunch.

Lovers of the Centaurs by Rubens in 1635.

Triptych with scenes from the life of Virgin Mary made out of Ivory around 1300. About 12 inches tall.

A pair of Lions – Female protection a cub on the left and the mail protecting the “world” on the right.

Deep plate from Turkey late 16th Century.

Chimney revetment from about 1550 made from tile

Bust of Bacchus 18th Century. The expression makes you think he just had a sour wine.

Would not have been easy to storm this place.

After lunch we took Uber to the Castle Saint George.

A loving couple in Lisbon visiting the St. George Castle.

Built in the mid-11^th century, during the Moorish period, the castle is situated on the most inaccessible area at the top of the hill – and we were glad the Uber driver could get us close to the entrance rather than have to hike up.

The views of the city are wonderful – lots of red tile roofs, different color buildings and a view of the river is well worth the effort to get there. Of course we had to climb up to get to the ramparts and walk along the upper walls.

Jerry and Gloria on their way up the wall to the Rampart walk

Here we are walking along the rampart walkway.

On the way back down to get another ride, we say this pastry shop with wonderful tile work on face of the building. No idea of the products sold are any good but the outside looked lovely. This is really a typical situation with lots of tile on the outside of buildings sometimes telling a story or just decoration.

This pastry shop had interesting tile work on the face of the building.

All in all a nice couple of sites for the day.

One Reply to “9-14-17 Museum and Castle day”

Claudia says:

September 15, 2017 at 9:37 pm

Thoroughly enjoyed your history of this tour. Rodin is one oh my favorite sculptors and enjoyed the one you showed. Loved the various carpets. Was interesting showing the Moors castle as Morro Rock is named as such because the gentlemen that saw it, thought it looked like the hats the Moors wore. ( Another tidbit to share.). Weather looked fantastic and of course Jneens hat. Continue having a marvelous time.

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