National Carriage Museum

One of the richest collections of royal carriages in Europe XVII-XIX centuries. Gold, trimmed with silver, precious stones, silk and velvet, luxurious and exquisite. And they're all still on the move! The carriages presented in the exposition were made in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria and France.

In the museum collection there are both quite ordinary crews, and quite rare. All exhibits are located in the building of the former arena, built in 1726 by the Italian architect Giacomo Azzolini. In 1905, the arena was converted into a museum, it was the wish of Don Amalea, wife of King Charles I. The very first exhibit in the museum was a very modest wooden carriage, decorated with red leather. Philip II of Spain once rode in this carriage.

In the exposition there are richly decorated carriages, upholstered in red velvet and covered with gilding, upholstered inside plush, decorated with carved figures and royal coats of arms, outside the crews are decorated with statues high in human growth. The weight of each of them is about five tons. The second gallery exhibits two-wheeled convertibles, coaches-lando with a convertible top, as well as harnessed pony phaetons designed for the youngest members of the royal family. There is even a working crew of the XIX century, in which cab drivers carried passengers around Lisbon and a very modest phaeton with a black convertible, dating from the time of the Marquis of Pombal.