Castro Guimarães

The Conde de Castro Guimarães Museum-Library is housed in the Palace of the Counts of Castro Guimarães, located in the village of Cascais, Portugal.
After his death in 1927, Manuel Inácio de Castro Guimarães in Testament donated the property to the village of Cascais so that the Museum and Municipal Library of Cascais could be implanted there. Together with the Palace of the Counts of Castro Guimarães, designed by Luigi Manini, and its English-style gardens, the filling was also donated to the village of Cascais; the paintings of the time of its construction, 17th century tableware, oriental porcelain and more than 25 thousand books stand out.