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Palácio de São Bento / Assembly of the Republic

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Neoclassical building built as a monastery in the late 1590s, now the seat of Portugal's parliament. People often mention building, Beautiful, Portugal, beautiful, Bento, Parliament, visit, Lisbon, Portuguese, impressive,


Address

Praça da Constituição de 1976, 1200-619 Lisboa, Portugal

Website

www.portugal.gov.pt

Contact

+351 21 392 3500

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (478 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 9 AM to 7 PM
  • Friday: 9 AM to 7 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 9 AM to 7 PM
  • Tuesday: 9 AM to 7 PM
  • Wednesday: 9 AM to 7 PM

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  • 4/5 Daniel K. 2 years ago on Google • 70 reviews
    A bit away from the other sights of Lisbon, but worth the trip if you still have some time. The building is beautiful and impressive. Unfortunately you can't get in easily. The environment isn't particularly exciting either. You can take line 28 to get very close to the palace
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Antonio 11 months ago on Google • 35 reviews
    I recently visited the São Bento Palace and was absolutely blown away by its stunning architecture and spacious interior. The attention to detail in every corner of the building is truly impressive, and I found myself marveling at the intricate designs and beautiful décor throughout. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and provided fascinating insights into the history and significance of the palace.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Artur V. 5 months ago on Google • 858 reviews
    A magnificent building where is the Portuguese Parliament.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Wilson A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It was good to see the prime minister's workplace, where he meets with the remaining cabinet ministers. When he needs to move to the Assembly of the Republic, walk and walk through the private garden of the palace that gives access to the private garden of the Assembly of the Republic. (Original) Foi bom ver o local de trabalho do primeiro ministro, onde ele se reúne com os restantes ministros do governo. Quando ele precisa de ser deslocar até a Assembleia da República basta ir a pé e atravessar o jardim privado do palacete que dá acesso ao jardim privado da Assembleia da República.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Natalie D. 4 years ago on Google • 256 reviews
    It's a very beautiful and impressive building. I read somewhere that you could visit, but when I arrived I found no information, it seemed to be closed, guarded by two soldiers. So I just saw it from the outside and then continued with my walk around the city.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rajat B. 6 years ago on Google
    Beautiful Government Parliament building.👌 Modern and up market ambience with neat and clean surroundings. Its a pity I had to visit this place in the evening as I could not do full justice to these monuments. The night lighting brings out the best visual effects of these monuments even better than the day! Overall a great place to visit!👍
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Talel M. 5 months ago on Google • 23 reviews
    The Lisbon Parliament is an iconic building with remarkable architecture. Its modern and elegant design blends traditional and contemporary elements, reflecting the significance of history and modernity in Portugal.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Zlatko L. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The Majestic Palace of the Portuguese Parliament 🇵🇹 (Original) Veličanstvena palača Parlamenta Portugala 🇵🇹
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Paulo R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) One of the weekends of the "Open Gardens" I had the opportunity to visit the Gardens of the Palacete de São Bento. Gardens very well maintained. Very beautiful view to do with family. (Original) Num dos fins de semana dos "Jardins Abertos" tive a possibilidade de visitar os Jardins do Palacete de São Bento. Jardins muito bem cuidados. Vista muito bonita para se fazer em família.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Maria B. 6 months ago on Google • 154 reviews
    Wow! We had a tour of this building with the fabulous and knowledgeable Paula!! Beautiful and very interesting! Muito obrigada!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mo 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful building. Unfortunately we couldn't see the place because of the time constraints. I didn't realise Lisbon had so much to offer.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Julian W. 11 months ago on Google
    I only looked from the outside but it's a lovely building with two guards who perform regular drills by walking up and down.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Chris 2 years ago on Google
    A very beautiful building. Unfortunately we could not go in
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Isuru D. 2 months ago on Google • 454 reviews New
    Portugal Parliament, located in the latter part of the Tram 28 tramline. It is an impressive architectural gem. Its grand facade and rich history make it a must-visit destination for those exploring the city's cultural heritage. Visitors can go up to the main entrance of the building. You can use the entrance gate in the left side of the building premises to enter into the place.

  • 4/5 Mary M. 1 year ago on Google • 440 reviews
    When we visited you could not go inside and there was no explanation or any info on their website. The outside was amazing. We try visit capitals everywhere we travel and this one was impressive. I definitely recommend not making it a destination but a stop on your trip incase there's a hiccup like we experienced. They always have guards out front marching on the front steps.

  • 3/5 Kasra R. 7 years ago on Google • 182 reviews
    Grand building, the architecture appears solid with attention to detail, guarded by to officers. The building is situated on a hill near transportation and clean and safe residential neighbourhood with a nearby park and cafe (Copenhagen Coffee Lab Lisbon) If you are in the area, definitely check it out.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 realbc7 1 year ago on Google • 168 reviews
    Sao Bento Palace is the home to Portugal’s Assembly since the 19th century. The exterior is impressive dominating it’s immediate surroundings is size and stature. Guards patrol the front and seemed kind enough to pose with some tourists, depending on what business was going on. The hike up the hill is recommended if passing through town. Lastly, adjacent neighborhoods are charming as well, cool to see a capital right in the mix of things.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jurgen S. 5 months ago on Google • 47 reviews
    Impressive neoclassical national assembly building of Portugal, in Lisbon. Its facades are built from natural stone. The interior is partly much older. Some parts may date back to the 17th century, when it was the site of a Benedictine monastery. In front of the building, a traditional styled military guard, pacing about according to tradition. Regretfully, the building is rarely open to the public since it is actively used as the national assembly of Potugal. Next to the building (south side) is a small town park with some nice sculptures, including big vases with winged lions, that offers nice photo opportunities.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 rent h. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful location, it is the official residence of the Prime Minister. (Original) Local bonito, é a residência oficial do primeiro ministro.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Verónica M. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The São Bento Palace in Lisbon houses the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic and has functioned as the seat of the Parliament of Portugal since 1834. You can climb the magnificent staircase to the entrance of the parliament building and admire its beautiful façade, but the hidden gems lie within. Built at the end of the 1500s for a Benedictine monastery, it was only in the 1800s, after major transformation works, that it became the house of the Portuguese Parliament. The general public can only visit the parliament on the last Saturday of each month and a prior reservation is mandatory (50 people per visit and only 2 visits per month), so when you prepare your visit to Lisbon, make sure to book your visit with anticipation. The 2-hour guided tour takes you through the history and the main transformations that the building underwent in its almost 5 centuries. (Original) El Palacio de São Bento de Lisboa alberga la Asamblea de la República Portuguesa y funciona como sede del Parlamento de Portugal desde 1834. Puede subir la magnífica escalera hasta la entrada del edificio del parlamento y admirar su hermosa fachada, pero las gemas ocultas se encuentran en el interior. Construido a finales del 1500 para un monasterio benedictino, fue solo en el 1800, después de importantes obras de transformación, que se convirtió en la casa del parlamento portugués. El público en general solo puede visitar el parlamento el último sábado de cada mes y es obligatoria una reserva previa (50 personas por visita y solo 2 visitas al mes), por lo que cuando prepare su visita a Lisboa, asegúrese de reservar su visita con anticipación. La visita guiada de 2 horas lo lleva a través de la historia y las principales transformaciones que tuvo el edificio en sus casi 5 siglos.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 John K. 2 years ago on Google
    Outside the Palace, along Imprensa a Estrela road is the best place to take your dog in the neighborhood (it is not fenced), with many other dogs off leash and social
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 chico l. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Here you live and even if you do not live or occupy, we will always be paying millions for these 5 adventures that after April 25, 1974, did their hard work. One is gone! and the other four? We are waiting! Portugal needs to be cleaned by another OTELO, but without making mistakes. The world will be cleaner when "dirt" is banished. (Original) Aqui vive e mesmo que não viva ou ocupe, estaremos sempre a pagar milhões para estes 5 aventesmas que após o 25 de Abril de 1974, fizeram jus ao seu empedernimento. Um já foi! e os outros quatro? Estamos à espera! Portugal necessita de ser limpo por outro OTELO, mas sem cometer erros de percurso. O mundo ficará mais limpo, quando a "sujidade" for banida.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Francisco B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) São Bento Monastery is a neoclassical style palace located in Lisbon, and has been the seat of the Portuguese Parliament since 1834. It was built in the late 16th century (1598) as Benedictine Monastery (Monastery of Saint Benedict of Health) by Moth of Baltazar. Alves, presenting mannerist and baroque features. The National Archives of the Tombo Tower arrived. With the extinction of religious orders in Portugal became the property of the state. In the seventeenth century were built the Marqueses crypts of Rodrigo Castle. After the implantation of the liberal regiment and 1834 after the Portuguese civil war became headquarters of the general courts of the nation, starting to be known as palace of the courts. Accompanying the change in the official denomination of parliament, the palace was, also having several official denominations. Palacio das Cortes, Palacio de Congresos, Palace of the National Assembly, in the mid-twentieth century came to be generally used, the designation of Palace of St. Benedict in memory of the former Convent. This denomination remained after 1976 when it became the seat of the assembly of the republic. (Original) O Mosteiro de São Bento é um Palácio de Estilo Neoclássico situado em Lisboa, sendo a sede do parlamento de Portugal desde 1834. Foi construído nos finais do século XVI (1598 ) como Mosteiro Beneditino ( Mosteiro de São Bento da saúde ) por traça de Baltazar Alves, apresentando feição maneirista e barroca. Nele chegou estar instalado o arquivo nacional da torre do Tombo. Com as extinções das ordens religiosas em Portugal passou a ser propriedade do estado. No século XVII foram construídas as criptas dos Marqueses de castelo Rodrigo. Depois da implantação do regimento liberal e 1834 após a guerra civil Portuguesa tornou-se sede das cortes gerais da nação,começando a ser conhecido por palácio das cortes. Acompanhando a mudança da denominação oficial do parlamento, o palácio, foi, também tendo várias denominações oficiais. Palácio das Cortes, Palácio dos Congressos, Palácio da assembleia nacional, em meados do século XX passou a utilizar-se geralmente, a designação de Palácio de São Bento em memória do antigo Convento. Essa denominação manteve-se depois 1976 quando passou a ser a sede da assembleia da republica.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kévin L. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful building. (Original) Beau bâtiment.

  • 5/5 Joemike 2 years ago on Google
    This is the impressive Portuguese parliament building.

  • 4/5 Manuel F. 9 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Headquarters to join a joint initiative where the expressions of government can be coordinated in an identification, to which the natural defense of the Portuguese can be answered and advised according to their own qualification in studies and following courses of theory and seminars occasion to dare in a college Portuguese or university a higher education initiating censuses and forum missions always lecturing on the date or as Professor of classified political sciences. (Original) Sede de filiar uma iniciativa conjunta onde se possam coordenar as expressões de governo numa identificação, para as quais a natural defesa dos portugueses possa ser responder e aconselhar segundo uma habilitação própria em estudos e num seguimento de cursos de teoria e seminários ocasião para ousar num colégio português ou universidade uma formação superior iniciando censos e missões de fórum sempre a dissertar sobre a data ou como Professor de classificadas ciências políticas.

  • 5/5 Javier S. 1 year ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Impressive building that is well worth a visit and a walk around. Incredibly, in the middle of July and with other areas of Lisbon crowded with tourists, there was no one there. Right in front of it is a charming garden that offers pleasant shade if the sun shines, as is usually the case in the summer of this city. (Original) Impresionante edificio que bien merece una visita y paseo por los alrededores. Increíblemente, en pleno mes de julio y con otras zonas de Lisboa atestadas de turistas allí no había nadie. Justo enfrente un coqueto jardín que ofrece una agradable sombra si el sol aprieta, como suele ser lo habitual en el verano de esta ciudad.

  • 5/5 Christian S. 7 years ago on Google
    Beautiful view when the sun is out

  • 5/5 David D. 4 years ago on Google
    😉🌟

  • 5/5 Sérgio R. 1 year ago on Google
    Top

  • 5/5 Мелли �. 3 years ago on Google
    Great building

  • 4/5 Saltets G. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Parliament building (Original) Здание Парламента

  • 5/5 Leydiane M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very beautiful (Original) Muito lindo

  • 4/5 AC 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice to open the palace and the garden to the public. Beautiful furniture exhibition (Original) Sympa d'ouvrir le palais et le jardin au public. Belle exposition de meubles

  • 4/5 JOey B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice place to rest on the stairs (Original) 계단에서 쉬기 좋은 곳 반대편 풍경도 좋아요

  • 5/5 Вадим �. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) beautiful place (Original) прекрасное место

  • 5/5 Antonio B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A beautiful work of art. (Original) Uma bela obra de arte.

  • 5/5 Paulo C. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful building occupied by thieves (Original) Belo edifício ocupado por ladrões

  • 5/5 Artur P. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The best place to live. (Original) O melhor sítio para se viver.

  • 5/5 Joanna K. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is worth seeing, the vastness of the building is impressive. (Original) Warto zobaczyć, ogrom budynku robi wrażenie.

  • 4/5 Rui C. 8 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful (Original) Bonito

  • 5/5 Adérito L. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful Palace (Original) Belíssimo Palácio

  • 5/5 Luciano A. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful structure. (Original) Linda estrutura.

  • 5/5 Po B. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Ok, it's worth visiting. (Original) Ok, warto odwiedzić.

  • 5/5 Luiz Filipe C. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very good. (Original) Muito bom.

  • 5/5 Andrzej K. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A place really worth seeing. (Original) Miejsce naprawdę warte obejrzenia.

  • 5/5 world M. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The Houses of Parliament and the Prime Minister's Office are together (Original) 国会議事堂と首相官邸が一緒になっている

  • 5/5 Robak B Robak B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A beautiful palace, now the seat of parliament! :) (Original) Piekny pałac,obecnie siedziba parlamentu!:)

  • 3/5 Patrícia S. 7 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Pretty. Sealed to the general public. (Original) Bonito. Vedado ao público em geral.


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