art and culture

In one of the houses of Aljustrel, whose origins date back probably to the seventeenth century, the Fatima Shrine installed the House Museum of Aljustrel.

This is a museum that links the lives of visionaries to a historical and ethnographic context that lets us know the habits and customs of the people of Fatima at the time held the apparitions.

Inside, opened to the public, is a traditional costumes exhibition, the tools, the mason tools and Hacker, the loom and the oxcart. In addition to the parts that displays, it preserves the divisions of housing, from the porch to the kitchen, the bedrooms at the winery, the corral to en-out.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 2,1km/4min
. Walking 1,7km/10min

Address_ Aljustrel - Fátima

Opened in 1991 and integrated in the Portuguese Museum Network, brings together a vast collection of Portuguese sacred art and ethnography of countries around the world.

Reports on his way, the story of Christ and Missions taking visitors to meet with the mysteries of the Christian faith and the way of the Gospel through the 5 continents.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 2,1km/4min
. Walking 1,8km/15min

Address_ Rua Francisco Marto nº 52, 2495 Fátima

The Municipal Museum of Ourém is located in the Historical Center of Ourém, in the building where the City Hall functioned until 1841. Here we can dazzle us with magnificent varied exhibitions.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 12,4km/18min

Address_ Largo Dr. Vitorino de Carvalho, n.º 14, 2490-497 Ourém

Elected as the Best Portuguese Museum in 2012 by APOM (Portuguese Museum Association) and distinguished with the prestigious Kenneth Hudson Prize (2013), it is a space inserted in the line of New Museology and Sociomuseology, which intends to value the identity and the history of the Municipality of Batalha and its population.

It is a museum resulting in a multidisciplinary team from the recognized Arq. Álvaro Siza Vieira to municipal technicians, which aims to preserve the memory of arts and traditional crafts related to the grinding of cereals, the manufacture of olive oil and the production of the paper.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 24km/18min 
 
Address_ Rua Fábrica do Papel, nº 13, 2410-103 Leiria

This building dating from the beginning of the XX century, authored by Ernesto Korrodi, was created to house the Municipal Market passing in 2002, working as a cultural center quite diverse and dynamic.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 24,8km/20min 
 
Address_ Largo de Santana, Leiria

Abrigo do Lagar Velho is an archaeological site in the Lapedo Valley, discovered in 1998 and classified as a national monument.

The main attraction on this site is the grave of a child from the Upper Palaeolithic, also known as the Lapedo Child.

The House of Magdalene is a building of the XVIII and XIX centuries, whose architectural construction is testimony of three distinct times where we can find an interesting estate of permanent exhibitions of ethnographic miniatures, musical instruments, costumes, flower beds parts of Batalha, agricultural implements and tools of various professions.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 2,1km/4min
. Walking 1,7km/10min

Address_ Rebolaria, Batalha

The Fátima Wax Museum portrays in its 31 scenes, the whole story of Fatima, with 112 wax figures properly framed in décor and ethnography of the time of the apparitions, the year 1917. 

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 2,3km/4min
. Walking 1,5km/10min

Address_ Rua Jacinta Marto, 2495-450 Fátima

This Museum portrays the history of the Fatima apparitions through a virtual, interactive route with multimedia content and use of new technologies such as holograms and 3D.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 2,3km/4min
. Walking 1,2km/10min

Address_ CC Espaço Fatimae, Av. D. José Alves Correia da Silva nº 123, Piso -1, 2495-402 Fátima

Here you can discover all the olive oil production phases, learning to distinguish between olive oil, and indulge in delicacies of the region.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 3,6km/5min
. Walking 3,2km/15min

Address_ Rua da Cooperativa nº58, 2495-554 Fátima

The Battle of Aljubarrota Interpretation Centre is a project that includes the almost complete remodeling of the former Military Museum of St. George, located in Campo de São Jorge, which was fought the Battle of Aljubarrota, between Portuguese and Castilian, 14 August 1385.

Besides the construction of the Interpretation Centre, the intervention included archaeological work and environmental rehabilitation of the Campo de San Jorge. The Interpretation Centre of Aljubarrota battle develops three cores and its brand image is strong multimedia component.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 20,8km/26min 

Address_ Av. D. Nuno Álvares Pereira, nº 120, São Jorge, 2480-062 Calvaria de Cima

Leiria Museum is an open window facing the memory of a land inhabited for a long time that, at the beginning of the 21st century, reveals a new look at a complex reality.

This institution has received several awards, such as Best Museography Work in the Portuguese National Museology Awards in 2016, an honourable mention in the Best Museum category and an honourable mention in the Physical Accessibility category from Acesso Cultura association.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 24,2km/18min

Address_ Rua Tenente Valadim, n.º 41, 2410-190 Leiria

In this house-museum we can find several temporary exhibitions of gifts received by Mário Soares during his public life, as Prime Minister and then as President of the Portuguese Republic.

You can still see a permanent exhibition that presents a synthetic view of the century. XX in Portugal, with audiovisual support.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 17,2km/23min

Address_ Rua Nossa Sra. Da Gaiola, 2410-513 Cortes, Leiria

In this museum we can find a vast collection of objects and techniques relating to moving images, where there is also space and conditions for research and study in this area.

Here we can find the collection of exposure, several activities on the theme and the publication of documents.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 25,8km/22min 

Address_ Largo de São Pedro, Leiria

Since the late 19th century, the farmhouse of Pereira Alves de Matos Carreira – nowadays the Agricultural Museum Dona Julinha – has been one of the great farmhouses in Leiria.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 36,4km/30min

Address_ Travessa da Igreja, 2425-781 Ortigosa

This museum aims to bring together and salvaguar the historical and cultural heritage of the various regions of the district, from pre-history to the present day, dividing by 4 distinct areas: Geology, Paleontology, Archaeology and Ethnography.

Distance from Luz Houses
. By car 20,8km/26min 

Address_ Travessa de S. Pedro, 2480 Porto de Mós