Museu Episcopal de Beja is housed in the Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres (Church of Our Lady of Pleasures) and has been open since 1892. It is anchored in the religious upheaval that took place that century, after Portugal’s monasteries were suppressed in 1834. All of the liturgical artefacts that would otherwise have left the town were brought here and put on show.
There are paintings, sculptures, examples of goldwork, gilded carving, azulejos and even some vestments.
