Guided Tours to the Museum and Church of São Roque
Bookings/Information
* Cost of a call to the national landline network
- Booking required. Admission fee applies. Please see the price list at the reception desk of the Museu de São Roque.
- Maximum of 20 participants.
Guided tours to the St Roque Church and St Roque Museum offer an in-depth insight into one of Lisbon’s most extraordinary heritage sites. The church, notable for its Mannerist and Baroque architecture, survived the 1755 earthquake almost intact, preserving a rare and valuable collection. Of particular note is the Chapel of St John the Baptist, one of the richest collections of 18th-century religious art, commissioned in Rome and installed in Lisbon with great pomp, and currently in the process of being designated a National Treasure. At the St Roque Museum, founded in 1905, in addition to the treasures of the Chapel of St John the Baptist, the collection features 16th-century paintings of St Roch and reveals the global scope of the Jesuit mission, with pieces of sacred art, liturgical vestments and devotional objects that bear witness to centuries of spirituality and cultural exchange between the West and the East. Its final section recounts the presence of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, founded in 1498, which since 1768 has ensured the continued preservation and promotion of this unique part of Portugal’s heritage at this site.
Reception at the São Roque Museum.
THIS ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE EXCLUSIVELY IN PORTUGUESE.
