MU.SA - Museu das Artes de Sintra
Neo-classical nineteen-twenties casino building, now a municipal museum of the arts.
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This guide to MU.SA in Sintra goes back to August 1924, when the building opened as a casino whose owners swore in print that no one would ever gamble in it. It follows Adriano Júlio Coelho's tourism company and the question of what a casino without roulette could sell. You'll hear about a foreign maître d', tableware from Belgium and an American-style bar. Best heard at the entrance, facing the neo-classical front.
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