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ヴィゼウ / ポルトガル

ヴィゼウ （Viseu、発音はviˈzeu）は、ポルトガル・ヴィゼウ県の県都・都市。市単体では98,753人（2006年）の人口だが、ヴィゼウ都市圏としては354,162人の人口を抱える。 この国内中心で重要なハブとして、重要なヨーロッパ・ロードA25が交差し、アヴェイロとグアルダの外港、及びスペインのサラマンカとつながる。IP3とA24はコインブラと、スペイン国境のシャヴェスをつなぎ、ヴィゼウを南から北へ貫く。1980年代までヴィゼウは沿岸部との鉄道網を持っていたが、現在は廃止されている。現在、市は鉄道網を持たないヨーロッパの大都市の一つである。

Grão Vasco National Museum

ヴィゼウ / ポルトガル

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.