Museu de Évora

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Lonely Planet review

Adjacent to the cathedral, in what used to be the archbishop's palace (built in the 16th century), is the elegant Museu de Évora. Fragments of old Roman and Manueline statuary and façades line the courtyard, which has been excavated to reveal Visigothic, Roman and medieval remains. In polished rooms upstairs are former Episcopal furnishings and a gallery of Flemish paintings.

Most memorable is Life of the Virgin, a striking 13-panel series that was originally part of the cathedral's altarpiece, created by anonymous Flemish artists, most or all of them working in Portugal around 1500.