European Heritage Days
Appointments/Information
* Cost of a call to the national landline network
- Booking required / Free admission.
- Limited capacity.
To mark the European Heritage Days, whose European-wide theme this year is ‘Heritage at Risk: Revive, Resist, Reimagine’, the Museu de São Roque invites visitors to reflect on the survival and disappearance of its own treasures, under the theme ‘Revisiting Treasures: Between Existence and Lost Heritage’. The programme invites the public to discover the two great treasures in the care of the MSR: the collection from the Chapel of St John the Baptist – designated a National Treasure in 2026 – and the collection of relics and reliquaries, themes which will be explored through talks, guided tours and family activities.
PROGRAMME:
19 September
3.00 pm
- The Faces of the Chapel of St John the Baptist – Giovanni Battista Carbone | Guided tour by Ricardo Máximo
4.00 pm
- Lost Heritage: From the Patriarchal Church of King João V to the Treasury of São Roque | Talk by André Martins da Silva
- The Survival of a Treasure. The vestments of the Chapel of St John the Baptist today | Talk by Maria João Ferreira
- Guided tour of the Treasury of the Chapel of St John the Baptist | by André Martins da Silva and Maria João Ferreira
3.00 pm
- Drawing the City: Exercises in Architecture and Urban Planning | Workshop led by Luís Nobre (for families with children aged 6 to 12)
20 September
3.00 pm
- Documenting the collection of relics of Don Juan de Borja held at the Manuel de Campos Reception Centre. Evidence of a heritage in the making | Presentation by Miguel Lourenço NOVA-CHAM, UCP-CEHR, MSR-reliquiarum and António Camões Gouveia NOVA-CHAM, UCP-CEHR, MSR-reliquiarum
(Due to the nature of the space, access to this area may not be suitable for people with reduced mobility)
- Visit to the crypt of the chancel of the Igreja de São Roque
