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Open Visits
Saturday: 10h - 18h
Sunday: 10h - 18h
Regular Visits
Saturday: 12h, 14h, 15h
Sunday: 12h, 14h, 15h
Tours
Saturday: 11h, 12h, 16h, 17h
Sunday: 11h, 16h, 17h
Sáb e Dom 11h, 16h visita ao CCB com Arq. Fabrícia Valente
Sáb 12h e 17h e Dom 17h com Arq. Filipe Araújo à Garagem Sul.
Apenas as visitas comentadas exigem reserva
Reservation required
Maximum 30 people per visit
Wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
The decision to build this cultural centre was made in 1988, with a view to hosting the Portuguese European Union Presidency in 1992. The choice of site was, at the time, highly controversial. True to the intention of signalling the starting point of the Portuguese Maritime Discoveries, it would stand where pavilions such as “The Portuguese throughout the world” and “Portuguese Villages” had once stood. Although an incomplete version of the initial design, the CCB presently takes up an area of 97,000m2 distributed along six hectares separated by two streets running inside the compound and connected by the José Saramago path, which also to Império Square. It was designed as a small city, with its own gardens, lakes, bridges, ramps, streets and squares.
Location
Praça do Império
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: 15E, 729
Train: Linha de Cascais - Belém