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Frederico de Freitas Museum vs Relicious Art Museum
Frederico de Freitas Museum and Sacred Art Museum are both praised by professional reviewers. On balance, Sacred Art Museum scores slightly higher than Frederico de Freitas Museum. Sacred Art Museum ranks #7 in Madeira with praise from 3 reviewers like Fodor's, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
Frederico de Freitas Museum
Fodor's
Michelin Guide
Lonely Planet
Calcada de Santa Clara, 7, Funchal, Madeira 9000, Portugal
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Fodor's
"This delightful museum has been renovated in the style of a 19th-century quinta, inside the attractive 18th-century Casa Calçada."
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Don't miss the adjacent Casa dos Azulejos, a museum dedicated to decorative tiles from Spain, Persia, Turkey, Holland, and Syria that date from medieval times to the nineteenth century as well as Portuguese tiles rescued from demolished buildings on the island.
Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The casa da Calçada houses the richly decorated apartments of a wealthy 19C bourgeois: English furniture, elaborate wardrobes and cabinets, etc. There is a fine collection of religious art. "
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Lonely Planet
"Wander the high-ceilinged rooms, each one a shrine to de Freitas' good taste, packed with fine furniture, carpets and valuable trinkets."
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Relicious Art Museum
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Fodor's
Rua do Bispo 21, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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Frommer's
"The Museum of Sacred Art occupies an old bishop's house in the center of town."
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Lonely Planet
"This tiny museum is housed in the beautifully restored 18th-century Chapel of San Sebastian and exhibits sacred art from surrounding churches that survived the 1755 earthquake."
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Lonely Planet
"Housed in the former 16th-century bishop's palace dominating the south side of Praça do Município, Madeira's most fascinating art collection is a major draw"
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Fodor's
"Funchal's Museum of Sacred Art has Flemish paintings, polychrome wood statues, and other treasures displayed in a former bishop's palace"
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