Chiado National Museum

After the fire that ravaged downtown Lisbon in the summer of 1988, the PIAAH decided to renovate and restructure the National Museum of Chiado, in the old 18th-century convent of São Francisco da Cidade.

After the fire that ravaged downtown Lisbon in the summer of 1988, the PIAAH decided to renovate and restructure the National Museum of Chiado, in the old 18th-century convent of São Francisco da Cidade.

Five buildings of different character and periods, like pieces of a puzzle interwoven into the dense urban fabric of Lisbon. Connecting these buildings was a real challenge.

Five buildings of different character and periods, like pieces of a puzzle interwoven into the dense urban fabric of Lisbon. Connecting these buildings was a real challenge.