CAS-001 · Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães
Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum
When does a private collection become part of a city’s memory?
Listed within 3 km · 64
易Tong Ren · Fellowship
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PORTUGAL · CASCAIS & ESTORIL
Twenty buildings, from bay to neighbourhoods.
Houses, a lighthouse, forts and churches connect the coast with inland Cascais. Choose a starting point, discover its story, then explore nearby.
Where shall
we start today?
Choose a building by area, read its story, find a nearby table or leave a thought on the bench.
View areas on the map
↑ NATLANTIC
Relative positions only, not to scale or a walking route. Choose a building below.
Buildings in this selection · 20 / 20
Read each building’s visiting notes: private houses are exterior stops, worship takes priority in churches, some venues require bookings or are closed, and coastal ruins have barriers.
CAS-002 · Casa de Santa Maria
Casa de Santa Maria
Who continues the everyday care of a home once it belongs to the public?
Listed within 3 km · 64
易Jia Ren · The family
CAS-003 · Farol Museu de Santa Marta
Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum
When a light becomes scenery, do we still remember who needs it?
Listed within 3 km · 63
易Li · Clarity
CAS-004 · Chalet Barros · Um exterior junto ao mar
Chalet Barros · A castle-like seafront
When a house wears the image of a castle, do you trust the shape or ask when it was built?
Listed within 3 km · 76
易Bi · Form and ornament
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CAS-005 · Forte de Santo António da Barra
Fort of Santo António da Barra
How can a boundary protect a place without isolating people?
Listed within 3 km · 48
易Lü · Conduct
CAS-006 · Forte de São Jorge de Oitavos
Fort of São Jorge de Oitavos
Facing an open sea, is knowing where to stop also a form of ability?
Listed within 3 km · 14
易Gen · Stillness
CAS-007 · Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
Church of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios
How much will we change the way we look when entering another community’s place of faith?
Listed within 3 km · 64
易Guan · Contemplation
CAS-008 · Igreja de São Domingos de Rana
Church of São Domingos de Rana
After rebuilding, what carries a place’s memory: its old stones or the people who keep returning?
Listed within 3 km · 64
易Fu · Return
CAS-009 · Cidadela de Cascais
Citadel of Cascais
When a defensive boundary becomes public space, who decides whom to let in?
Listed within 3 km · 67
易Shi · Organisation
CAS-010 · Casa Sommer
Casa Sommer · Municipal archive
What does a city preserve, and whose lives went unrecorded?
Listed within 3 km · 65
易Da Chu · Accumulation
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CAS-011 · Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
How can works from different periods be gathered without erasing their origins?
Listed within 3 km · 66
易Cui · Gathering
CAS-012 · Casa Verdades de Faria · Museu da Música
Casa Verdades de Faria · Music Museum
Does preserving an instrument also preserve the life that gave it sound?
Listed within 3 km · 77
易Yu · Enthusiasm
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CAS-013 · Casa das Pedras
Casa das Pedras · Stone House
Can a solid-looking house make us forget that it also needs care?
Listed within 3 km · 59
易Gen · Stillness
CAS-014 · Forte da Crismina
Crismina Battery Ruins
How much uncertainty are we willing to preserve in a ruin?
Listed within 3 km · 11
易Sun · Decrease
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CAS-015 · Forte do Guincho
Guincho Fort · Abano defence
Can seeing further from a high point make us overlook changes beneath our feet?
Listed within 3 km · 10
易Guan · Contemplation
CAS-016 · Palácio dos Condes da Guarda
Condes da Guarda Palace · Town Hall
What makes a former palace genuinely accessible to residents?
Listed within 3 km · 67
易Yi · Increase
CAS-017 · Capela de Nossa Senhora do Livramento
Livramento Chapel
Does returning to everyday life depend on one reconstruction or on many small repeated acts?
Listed within 3 km · 46
易Fu · Return
CAS-018 · Marégrafo de Cascais
Cascais Tide Gauge
When we speak of rising sea level, are we using an impression or a sufficiently long record?
Listed within 3 km · 70
易Jie · Measure
CAS-019 · Igreja de São Vicente de Alcabideche
São Vicente Church, Alcabideche
When rebuilding a church, what does a community first want to recover?
Listed within 3 km · 26
易Zhen · Shock
CAS-020 · Teatro Gil Vicente
Gil Vicente Theatre
After the audience leaves, how does a theatre continue to belong to its town?
Listed within 3 km · 65
易Dui · Exchange
Before setting out
The twenty starting points span Cascais municipality, including Estoril, Parede, Carcavelos, São Domingos de Rana and Alcabideche; they are not one continuous walking route. Three kilometres is the dining search radius. Restaurant coverage is still being prepared in some areas.