page_title: Museum of Portuguese Music
section_title: The building
hierarchical_section_title: Museum of Portuguese Music / The building
caption_attribution_description: English: Portuguese Guitar on display at the Museum of Portuguese Music, Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal
context_page_description: The Museum of Portuguese Music is a small museum housed in the Casa Verdades de Faria in Estoril, municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It contains a collection of Portuguese musical instruments and other items, as well as a music documentation centre, and is also used for recitals.
context_section_description: The attractive building that houses the museum was commissioned in 1918 by Jorge O'Neil, a Portuguese / Irish aristocrat connected to the tobacco industry. O’Neill was also responsible for the construction of the  Tower of San Sebastián and the Casa de Santa Maria, both in neighbouring Cascais. Originally known as the Torre de S. Patrício (Saint Patrick Tower), the building was designed by the Portuguese architect Raul Lino. It is considered an excellent example of a Revivalist approach that includes Neo-romanticism, and one of the main examples of the so-called  summer architecture, used to describe some buildings constructed in the Estoril and Cascais area from the mid- 19th Century. Its interior is decorated with painted stucco, stained glass and 18th century tiles.
  Around 1942, Enrique Mantero Belard acquired the building, making a number of changes in the house and in the garden. His wife, Gertrudes Verdades de Faria, promoted social gatherings and cultural events, and was a patron of the arts. In his will of 1974, in addition to leaving significant sums to the charity Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, he left the house to the Municipality of Cascais, to be named after his wife and used as a museum and public garden. The museum opened in 1987 and it was extensively remodelled in 2005.  However, it has been criticised for insufficiently recognising the archaeological and artistic heritage of the building in presenting the museum's contents.
caption: A Portuguese guitar at the Museum
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