MUSEU DA ÁGUA

Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 12:30pm and from 1:30pm to 5:30pm, closed on public holidays. Admission: €5, €2.50 reduced rate, free for children under 12. Visit to the Loreto Gallery (1,200 m) rua das Amoreiras, Casa do Registo to the Belvedere of São Pedro de Alcântara, by appointment: admission €5 (adult), €2.50 (reduced rate), free for children under 12.

The Mother of Water is the name of this cubic building that ends the aqueduct. Inside, the waters of the aqueduct have been flowing down a wall for more than two centuries and are now flowing into the reservoir. Temporary exhibitions are organized there

Open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5.30pm. Admission €2.

Located in the basement of the França Borges garden, it is a water reservoir built by the water company between 1860 and 1864, with the plans of the French architect Michel Mary. 31 pillars of 9.25 m high at the service of water

Visits by appointment to the Galeria do Loreto from the da Mãe d'água reservoir or the da Patriarcal reservoir.

The Galeria do Loreto, with its 1,200 m of tunnels lined with stone canals to carry water to the fountains, leads to the São Pedro de Alcântara viewpoint.

Two routes: one from the Casa do Registo rua das Amoreiras to the Reservatório da Patriarcal (Principe Real Garden) and the other from the Reservatório da Patriarcal to the Belvedere of São Pedro de Alcântara, by appointment: admission €6 (adults), €3 (concessions), free for children under 17.

Accessible by metro, the nearest one is a 10 minute walk away (Santa Apolónia).

At the end of the 1800s, the large aqueduct built to bring water to Lisbon became insufficient. Therefore, a second one was built, a final reservoir, as well as a steam station with the aim of distributing water throughout the city. The latter was installed in a former Franciscan convent to which it owes its name "barbadinhos",

It was in operation from 1880 to 1928; replaced by a new electric station, it was deactivated in 1950. Today, the water company EPAL offers you to visit this large hall transformed into a museum

On the first floor, you can admire the four steam engines, unique in Europe and manufactured by a French company, E. Windsor & Fils, a rare example in industrial archaeology. A more recent part houses the permanent exhibition of the Museu da Água and invites you to get to know water from different angles