Protecting the centre of the Alentejo town of Alter do Chão, the Castle is a fine example of fourteenth-century medieval architecture, erected during the reign of Dom Pedro I, in 1359. At that time, it constituted a defensive articulation with Estremoz, Fronteira, Évora Monte, Avis, Alter Pedroso, Marvão, and Portalegre.

Libiamo, libiamo ne’lieti calici che la belleza infiora E la fuggevol ora s’inebrii a voluttà Libiamo ne’dolci fremiti Che suscita l’amore Poiché quell’ochio al core Omnipotente va Libiamo, amore fra I calici Più caldi baci avrà Libiamo, amore fra I calici Più caldi baci avrà Tra voi, tra voi saprò

La donna è mobile qual piuma al vento muta d’accento e di pensiero Sempre un’amabile leggiadro viso in pianto e in riso è menzognero La donna è mobil qual piuma al vento muta d’accento e di pensier e di pensier e di pensier È sempre misero chi a lei s’affida

Francisco de Freitas Gazul was born in Lisbon in 1842. He was a Portuguese dramatic composer and musicologist, and a teacher at the National Conservatory of Lisbon. With an Italian influence, he dedicated himself to the composition of theatre music, and wrote the score for the operatic version of the

Now there you go again You say you want your freedom Well, who am I to keep you down? It’s only right that you should Play the way you feel it But listen carefully to the sound Of your loneliness Like a heartbeat, drives you mad In the stillness of

A minha sorte grande foi você cair do céu Minha paixão verdadeira Viver a emoção, ganhar teu coração Pra ser feliz a vida inteira É lindo o teu sorriso O brilho dos teus olhos Meu anjo querubim Doce dos meus beijos Calor dos meus braços Perfume de jasmim Chegou no

Friar Fernando de Almeida, a professed religious of the Order of Christ, was one of the most relevant composers of the first half of the 17th century in Portugal, and is considered one of the greatest representatives of the tradition of Portuguese polyphonists that preceded the Italianisation of sacred music.

Fernando Lopes Graça was a major figure of music in Portugal in the 20th century. Composer, pianist, musicologist, and conductor, he was born in Tomar on 17th December 1906. Seduced by music from an early age, at the age of 14, he started working as a pianist at the Cinema-Theatre

Diogo de Torralva is one of the key figures in the Convent of Christ and the history of art in Portugal. He was a sculptor and an architect, and his exact provenance is not known, with Piemonte and Castile being the most likely. We do not know exactly how he

João de Castilho is one of the fundamental names in Manueline art, where he introduced the language of plateresque. Born in Merindad de Trasmiera, Cantabria, around 1470, he apprenticed in the building yards of the Burgos and Seville cathedrals. In 1508, he came to Portugal, called by the Archbishop of