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Casa-Museu Miguel Torga

Municipal house museum where the writer Miguel Torga lived, with photographs, manuscripts, documents and personal objects.

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About the museum

The house was designed by the architect and friend Manuel Travassos Valdez for the writer Miguel Torga (pen name of the physician Adolfo Correia da Rocha, 1907–1995); the work took place between 1952 and 1953. Torga lived there with his wife, Andrée Crabbé Rocha, and their daughter until his death in 1995. The lines of the house are simple and harmonious, and at the entrance stands the heather (urze) that the writer planted and adopted as his pen name, a sign of his attachment to the land.

The house museum opened to the public on 12 August 2007, on the centenary of the writer's birth. It presents a retrospective exhibition of Torga's life, with photographs, manuscripts, documents and personal objects, and also brings together first editions and works of art. The museum's motto is “Quem quiser conhecer-me, leia-me” (“Whoever wishes to know me, read me”).

The house hosts literary gatherings (tertúlias), guided visits, exhibitions, book presentations, meetings with writers, educational programmes and musical evenings.

Highlights

House where Miguel Torga lived, designed by Manuel Travassos Valdez
Retrospective exhibition of the writer's life
Manuscripts, first editions and personal objects
Heather planted by the writer at the entrance
Literary gatherings and meetings with authors

Permanent exhibition

Exposição retrospetiva da vida de Miguel Torga – Photographs, manuscripts, documents and personal objects that accompany the writer's life and work.

Founded: 2007
Operated by: Câmara Municipal de Coimbra