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Old 4th October 2019, 11:30 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Philip
... Say, Nando, isn't this museum housed in the Alcázar, overlooking the Rio Tejo, which was besieged and practically destroyed during the Civil War, and reconstructed since under the Franco regime?
Yes, the very one, as per pictures in my post #8.
Having being around some twenty years ago, i did not visit its interior. I have (much) later read about the museum but thought they would only have a few pieces in exhibition in one of the building wings; it could have been like that but (at least) now, all floors are stuffed with material, divided on a thematic basis. Also they have (recently) done excavations and some Roman constructions are exposed.
A place to visit, no doubt ... and even get lost inside such huge palace.
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