Palácio Pimenta
Pimenta Palace—Palácio Pimenta—was built as a refined “solarenga” country estate residence in Lisbon’s Campo Grande area, in the first half of the 18th century, between 1744 and 1748. It was commissioned on the likely initiative of King João V, reflecting the crown’s interest in shaping aristocratic rural estates near the capital. Today, this historic house anchors the Museu de Lisboa, the city’s museum network devoted to Lisbon’s history from prehistoric times to the modern day. The municipal idea began in 1909, when republican members of the Lisbon Senate proposed a city museum, but no action followed. In 1930, the city bought the Palácio da Mitra and opened the Museu da Cidade in 1942 under curator Mário Tavares Chicó. The museum later purchased Pimenta Palace in 1962, and after more than a decade of renovations, it inaugurated its new facilities there in 1979. …
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