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Machado de Castro National Museum

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The Machado de Castro National Museum is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913, and its most recent renovation, completed between 2004 and 2012 and including a new building, won the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize in 2014. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Art Museum 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal 2
Completed Year
1913 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Museum 1
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Machado de Castro National Museum (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machado_de_Castro_National_Museum, lead definition
    The Machado de Castro National Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro) is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Machado de Castro National Museum is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913, and its most recent renovation, completed between 2004 and 2012 and including a new building, won the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize in 2014.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Art Museum)
    The Machado de Castro National Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro) is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913 and its latest renovation (2004-2012), which included the addition of a new building, was awarded the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize 2014.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1913)
    The Machado de Castro National Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro) is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913 and its latest renovation (2004-2012), which included the addition of a new building, was awarded the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize 2014.
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2. Machado de Castro National Museum (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal
Wikidata item Q6974439, property P131/P17 (location): Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu), Portugal
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