The Museu de Lisboa is one of the places where you can learn more about Lisbon’s many lives down the ages – as well as the history which transformed it into one of the world’s most important and interesting cities.

At Palácio Pimenta, an 18th-century summer house in Campo Grande, you’ll find a collection of paintings, ceramics, engravings, maps, azulejo tiles and archaeological finds that reveal the city’s urban, social, economic and symbolic development.

From ancient artefacts – dating back to 300, 000 BC – to a model of the pre-earthquake city, there are various reasons for discovering the Palácio Pimenta and the city’s history.