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Viseu (Portugal) / Portugal

Viseu est une ville du Portugal, chef-lieu du district de Viseu dans la région Centre. Avec 25 freguesias, la municipalité de Viseu regroupe 99 274 habitants, dont 60 000 dans l'agglomération, sur un vaste territoire de 507,1 km2. Viseu est également siège du diocèse et de la comarque, et regroupe de nombreuses administrations locales. Elle regroupe environ un quart de la population du district, dont elle en est sa position centrale dans le district. Viseu est entourée par dix autres communes, parmi lesquelles Tondela à l'ouest et Mangualde à l'est. Son jour férié local est le 21 septembre, date qui marque la fin de sa foire annuelle, la Feira de São Mateus, la plus anciennes du pays. Elle est considérée depuis 2007 comme la « meilleure ville pour vivre » au Portugal selon une étude de l'association nationale de défense du consommateur.

Grão Vasco National Museum

Viseu (Portugal) / Portugal

The Grão Vasco Museum is an art museum located in the city of Viseu, in Portugal. The museum is named after one of the most important Portuguese painters of the Renaissance, Vasco Fernandes , who had his workshop in Viseu. The museum, founded in 1916, occupies the building of the old Seminary, located beside Viseu Cathedral. The building, began in the late 16th century in Mannerist style, has had its interior recently modernised by Porto architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. The main exhibits of the museum are the painted altarpieces executed for Viseu Cathedral during the Renaissance. These include the main altarpiece, executed by a workshop that included the young Vasco Fernandes and was apparently led by Francisco Henriques, as well as later altarpieces by a mature Vasco Fernandes and his collaborator, Gaspar Vaz. The artistic significance of these altarpieces turn the Grão Vasco Museum into one of the most important art museums in Portugal. The collections also include metalwork, tapestry and sculpture.