Aeminium was situated on a navigable river, had an abundance of freshwater springs and excellent defensive conditionsthat it possessed everything that Conimbriga lacked.

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ca. 1773
MNMC 2945

12th cent. 
MNMC 6030

This Pietà by Frei Cipriano da Cruz represents one of the most important achievements of portuguese sculpture in the XVII century.

The Namban chest serves as a reusable container. So is another piece of furniture or a museum where objects can be kept and stored in successive varying order, thus telling various stories.

The Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro is presently undergoing profound physical change, until the end of 2008.