It is located on Avenida Emídio Navarro, in the city and municipality of Coimbra, central Portugal
Portugal dos Pequenitos is made up of miniature buildings that depict various styles of Portuguese architecture located in Largo Rossio de Santa Clara, city of Coimbra, central Portugal.
The garden park provides through the construction of miniature buildings an insight into the maritime and colonial history of Portugal reflecting the cultures of former colonies such as Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Macau, Timor, etc.
The garden park was inaugurated on June 8, 1940, and the architect responsible for the project was Cassiano Branco, one of the great names in modern Portuguese architecture.
At the end of the 30s and beginning of the 40s of the 20th century. In the 20th century, construction began on the first phase of Portugal dos Pequenitos, consisting of a group of Portuguese regional houses.
The second and third phases correspond to the illustrative space of the country's main monuments and the ethnographic and monumental representation of the current Portuguese-speaking African countries, Brazil, Macau, India and Timor.
This space provides all types of audiences (both children and adults) with contact with different cultural aspects of Portuguese ethnography, namely furniture, costumes and crafts, and also includes the different architectural typologies of Portugal.
Portugal dos Pequenitos is a garden park representative of the Architectural Heritage of Portugal, with regard to the different architectural styles created according to the different geomorphological factors of each region.
This area features a group of regional houses designed by Cassiano Branco, and according to models by architect Raul Lino.
The typical elements of Portuguese villages that make up the framework of an imaginary space such as the mill, the alminhas, the manor, the mines, the unmissable chapel, the statue of the first King of Portugal “D. Afonso Henriques” by the sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida.
This area showcases the richness of traditional Portuguese architecture, from north to south of the country, and the houses represented here with their unique characteristics delight children and adults.
Another area that deals with the living memory of the Portuguese presence in the world is made up of themed pavilions that represent current Portuguese-speaking countries such as India and Macau.
Inside you can find collections of pieces representing its fauna and flora, ethnography, handicrafts and everyday utensils on display.
These pavilions inspired by local architecture are distributed in this area according to the oceans that bathe the countries represented here.
At the beginning of the visit we will find countries bathed by the Indian Ocean and at the end by the Atlantic Ocean.
In the Além-Mar area there are also the pavilions of Madeira and the Azores surrounded by large lakes illustrating the Atlantic Ocean, and there is also a world map representing the sea routes taken by Portuguese navigators, and a statue of Infante Dom Henrique, the promoter of the Discoveries and popularly known as “Infante de Sagres” or “The Navigator”.
Access to this area consists of a floor that illustrates a Cross of Christ with each of its arms taking the visitor to the spaces represented here.
In the Casas Regionales area is the nucleus of Coimbra designed along the same aesthetic lines as Portugal Monumental and is the setting for the most symbolic monuments of the city that hosts Portugal dos Pequenitos.
The section of the city of Coimbra appears to be the headquarters of this park, but also because it is the guardian city of the Portuguese language through its University with medieval roots as the first capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.
The city of Coimbra is also the city where the first kings of Portugal rest for eternity: “D. Afonso Henriques” and “D. Sancho I”.
The garden park provides through the construction of miniature buildings an insight into the maritime and colonial history of Portugal reflecting the cultures of former colonies such as Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Macau, Timor, etc.
The garden park was inaugurated on June 8, 1940, and the architect responsible for the project was Cassiano Branco, one of the great names in modern Portuguese architecture.
At the end of the 30s and beginning of the 40s of the 20th century. In the 20th century, construction began on the first phase of Portugal dos Pequenitos, consisting of a group of Portuguese regional houses.
The second and third phases correspond to the illustrative space of the country's main monuments and the ethnographic and monumental representation of the current Portuguese-speaking African countries, Brazil, Macau, India and Timor.
This space provides all types of audiences (both children and adults) with contact with different cultural aspects of Portuguese ethnography, namely furniture, costumes and crafts, and also includes the different architectural typologies of Portugal.
Portugal dos Pequenitos is a garden park representative of the Architectural Heritage of Portugal, with regard to the different architectural styles created according to the different geomorphological factors of each region.
This area features a group of regional houses designed by Cassiano Branco, and according to models by architect Raul Lino.
The typical elements of Portuguese villages that make up the framework of an imaginary space such as the mill, the alminhas, the manor, the mines, the unmissable chapel, the statue of the first King of Portugal “D. Afonso Henriques” by the sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida.
This area showcases the richness of traditional Portuguese architecture, from north to south of the country, and the houses represented here with their unique characteristics delight children and adults.
Another area that deals with the living memory of the Portuguese presence in the world is made up of themed pavilions that represent current Portuguese-speaking countries such as India and Macau.
Inside you can find collections of pieces representing its fauna and flora, ethnography, handicrafts and everyday utensils on display.
These pavilions inspired by local architecture are distributed in this area according to the oceans that bathe the countries represented here.
At the beginning of the visit we will find countries bathed by the Indian Ocean and at the end by the Atlantic Ocean.
In the Além-Mar area there are also the pavilions of Madeira and the Azores surrounded by large lakes illustrating the Atlantic Ocean, and there is also a world map representing the sea routes taken by Portuguese navigators, and a statue of Infante Dom Henrique, the promoter of the Discoveries and popularly known as “Infante de Sagres” or “The Navigator”.
Access to this area consists of a floor that illustrates a Cross of Christ with each of its arms taking the visitor to the spaces represented here.
In the Casas Regionales area is the nucleus of Coimbra designed along the same aesthetic lines as Portugal Monumental and is the setting for the most symbolic monuments of the city that hosts Portugal dos Pequenitos.
The section of the city of Coimbra appears to be the headquarters of this park, but also because it is the guardian city of the Portuguese language through its University with medieval roots as the first capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.
The city of Coimbra is also the city where the first kings of Portugal rest for eternity: “D. Afonso Henriques” and “D. Sancho I”.
