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Coach museum is housed in the old Horse Riding Arena of the Belém Palace, formerly a Royal Palace (1787).
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Queen Maria Francisca of Savoy coach. 17th cen. Ceremonial vehicle. French. On the doors are medallions containing the initials of the queen and with a female figure on each side.
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The new suspension system, called “swan’s neck”, allows the wheels, whose diameter is smaller than that of earlier models, to make larger turning movements in shorter spaces. Does not have suspension springs yet.
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Queen Carlota Joaquina coach. 18th cen. Ceremonail vehicle. Spanish. Decorated in black leather tack work.
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Queen Maria Francisca Benedita Coach. 18th cen. (2nd half). Ceremonial vehicle. Portuguese work. The carved woodwork is in Rococo style with volutes, shell shapes and plant elements.
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Queen Maria Francisca Benedita Coach. 18th cen. (2nd half). Ceremonial vehicle. Portuguese work.
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King José I coach. 18th cen. (2nd half). Ceremonial vehicle. Portuguese work. A lively symbiosis of the styles of Kings Louis XIV and Louis XV.
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It is a mixture of masks, volutes, Atlases, chains of flowers and fruit, winged spirits and human heads with features notably like American Indians, clearly recalling the Portuguese contact with other parts of the world.
