Construction on the Palácio dos Carrancas started in 1795. The walls of the living rooms were covered in majestic frescoes by Italian artists, while the dining room and were in the style of Robert Adams.
When completed the second storey accommodated the Moraes e Castro family, while the premises of the Fábrica de Tirador de Ouro e Prata, of which they were proprietors, occupied the ground floor.
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Palácio dos Carrancas |
After many decades of neglect, the building was adapted to house the Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis in 1941 and from 1992 underwent a second programme of expansion, being concluded in 2001 to coincide with Porto, European Capital of Culture.
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