Centro Cultural de Belém – Cultural Centre

Built for the 1992 Presidency of the European Union, it was then made the biggest cultural centre in Portugal, dedicated to the promotion of arts but functioning as well as a conference centre. It hosts a Performing Arts Centre, an Exhibition Centre, a Meeting and Conference Centre, the Museum Colecção Berardo de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, among others, in a construction area of 97.000 square meters.

It’s situated in Belém, just by Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, overlooking Tagus river, marking the Portuguese Maritime Discoveries leaving point, back in the 15^th century.

Besides the museums and exhibitions, you can also find exhibition galleries, auditoriums, shops, a library, restaurants and a café, gardens and many other things to assure a pleasant cultural day.

Where: Fundação Centro Cultural de Belém, Praça do Império (view location on the map)

More info on CCB website http://www.ccb.pt/sites/ccb/en-EN/Pages/default.aspx

Nearby suggestions:

- Pasteis de Belém – you can read her my article on Pasteis de Belém Shop as well as another one on the Best Lisbon Coffe Shops

- Read my article on Mosteiros dos Jerónimos

- Cacilheiro – you can read here my article on this cheep boat ride on Tagus river

- Farol da Torre Restaurant – read my review on this favourite in Lisbon. Cheap and excelent

- Torre de Belém