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	Calouste Gulbenkian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (29 March 1869–Lisbon, 20 July 1955) was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist.
		Gulbenkian amassed a huge fortune and an art collection which he kept in a private museum at his Paris home.
		Following his death in 1955, a museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) and a charitable foundation were established in Lisbon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calouste_Gulbenkian (242 words)

	Lisbon - Northern Lisbon and the Gulbenkian \| Footprint Guides
		Lisbon - Northern Lisbon and the Gulbenkian
		One of Gulbenkian’s paintings, Rubens’ Helena Fourment (1577-1640), is one of the highlights of the entire collection, a ravishing portait of the artist’s wife dressed in fl satin, which constrasts with her silky rosy hue flesh.
		Gulbenkian acquired the painting from the Hermitage Museum, whipping it from right under the nose of legendary dealer Sir Joseph Duveen.
	www.footprintguides.com /Lisbon/Northern-Lisbon-and-the-Gulbenkian.php (1899 words)

	Lisbon: Gulbenkian Museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) - Deals and Reviews - Go there! - TripAdvisor
		The Gulbenkian complex features a museum that houses a magnificent private collection of Persian art, Egyptian sculptures, and paintings by the Old Masters, as well as two concert halls for music and ballet performances.
		The Gulbenkian Museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) is about 5 metro stops north of Restauradores, in a large park.
		The Gulbenkian Museum houses a diverse collection of objects ranging from scriptures and icons to oriental ceramics and western furniture and painting.
	www.tripadvisor.com /ShowUserReviews-g189158-d195106-r3234489-Gulbenkian_Museum_Museu_Calouste_Gulbenkian-Lisbon_Estremadura.html (408 words)

	List of museums - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, Angra do Heroísmo
		Museu de Jazigos Naturais Portugueses, São Mamede de Infesta
		Museu do Trajo do Algarve, São Brás de Alportel
	open-encyclopedia.com /List_of_museums (231 words)

	Book of Hours of Alfonso d'Este Finn's Fine Books Facsimile Book Catalogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon & Strossmajerova Galerija, Zagreb
		It belonged to the Modena library until 1859, when it was taken away by the Estense, along with the Bible of Borso and the Breviary of Ercole d’Este, which together make up a trilogy of illuminated masterpieces of the highest excellence, and conserved as the patrimony of the House of Austria-d’Este in exile in Vienna.
		The body of the manuscript without the 14 detached illuminations, which are now kept in the Zagreb Academy, was bought by the Armenian collector Gulbenkian and sent to his Foundation in Lisbon.
	www.finns-books.com /alfonso.htm (178 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Only the Best: Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Along with his knowledge of the petroleum industry Gulbenkian's passion for art led to a collection of masterpieces that is only rivalled by major museums.
		Gulbenkian was born in Constantinople to an Armenian family.
		On October 3, 1965 the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and the headquarters of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation opened in Santa Gertrudes Park in Lisbon, Portugal.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0870999265 (475 words)

	Armenian Rugs Society Gulbenkian Museum
		This exhibition — jointly organised by the Institute of the Arab World, Paris, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation — was open to the public in the French capital until the end of March.
		Starting before the Foundation’s fiftieth anniversary and half a century after the death of Calouste Gulbenkian, the exhibition pays tribute to a great collector who always showed such an interest in Oriental carpets.
		In conjunction with carpets from the Gulbenkian Collection, they demonstrate the decorative and symbolic richness of Oriental carpets.
	www.armenianrugssociety.com /gulbenkian3.htm (288 words)

	Portugal - Lisbon - lgshow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Armenian oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian left much of his huge estate and magnificent collections to Lisbon in gratitude to the city which gave him sanctuary.
		The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian was founded in 1969 and houses one of the finest collections in Europe.
		It was very high on my list of priorities when planning my trip to Portugal, but alas, like so much else in Lisbon, when I arrived, it was "under construction".....
	www.users.bigpond.com /bobhay/portl01/lgshow.html (72 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
		More than 50 oriental carpets from the 15th to the 20th centuries will be in display between the 6th of May and the 31st of July at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, showing the main decorative characteristics and the evolution of Islamic tapestry.
		To offer detailed information on the collections of the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum is the main purpose of the guidebook which is now available to visitors.
		From the 27th of August to the 24th of September, the Gulbenkian Planetarium will be opening its doors every wednesday evening for lectures followed by the observation of Mars, a planet which will be very close to Earth during a period of five weeks.
	viajar.clix.pt /com/tesouros.php?id=61&lg=en (1110 words)

	Lisbon Portugal Museum - Lisbon Museums in Lisbon Portugal
		The Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga was founded in 1884.
		The Museu do Chiado has the most significant romantic, modernist, surrealist, Portuguese art form 1850 to 1960.
		The museum, the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian has the Eroupean and oriental art.
	www.lisboncitytourist.com /lisbon-museums.html (252 words)

	Instituto IDEIAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Museu Ilé Axé Opô Afonjá - Ilé Ohun Lailai
		Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
		Museu Nacional de Informática e Telecomunicações - Espaçodata
	www.ideias.org.br /links_cultura7.htm (86 words)

	Museu da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Lisbon \| Frommers.com
		Opened in 1969, this museum, part of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, houses what one critic called one of the world's finest private art collections.
		It belonged to the Armenian oil tycoon Calouste Gulbenkian, who died in 1955.
		As a cultural center, the Gulbenkian Foundation sponsors plays, films, ballets, and concerts, as well as a rotating exhibition of works by leading modern Portuguese and foreign artists.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/lisbon/A23419.html (353 words)

	BEST OF, Lisbon Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Parque Eduardo VII and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
		The city's oldest quarter retains a Moorish character, a maze of winding streets, steep steps and tiny courtyards that contain residential city life at its most traditional.
		The impressive Museu Calouste Gulbenkian complex houses the astonishing treasure trove collected by the Lisbon oil magnate, from Egyptian and Oriental art to Lalique jewellery.
	www.infohub.com /Destinations/Europe-&-Russia/Portugal/Lisbon/92693.htm (283 words)

	Travel Channel :: Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On its own lush grounds, the museum of the celebrated Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), a cultural trust, houses treasures collected by Armenian oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955) and donated to the people of Portugal in return for tax concessions.
		The only museum in Lisbon to approach the status of the Gulbenkian is the Ancient Art Museum.
		Indeed, Gulbenkian himself donated several pieces to this museum, which opened in 1883.
	travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/lisbon/sightsacts_30978_1.html (731 words)

	Articles - Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Museu Calouste Gulbenkian is a museum in Lisbon, Portugal.
		The museum was founded according to Calouste Gulbenkian's last will, in order to accomodate and display Gulbenkian's art collection.
		The permanent exhibition galleries are distributed in chronological and geographical order to create two independent circuits within the overall tour.
	www.zgrey.com /articles/Museu_Calouste_Gulbenkian (284 words)

	Abbeys Bookshop - Goa and the Great Mughal
		This relationship is examined in an exhibition at the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in June 2004 which will display the documentary and artistic works resulting from this cross-influence on objects, tastes and styles, manifested in caskets, cabinets, religious artefacts, jewellery, carpets, sculpture, pottery, paintings and minatures.
		This fascinating book, published to accompany the exhibition, covers the period from the 1570's,the moment of the first direct contact between the Portuguese and the Mughal Empire to the first half of the eighteenth century, when the last direct diplomatic relations took place.
		The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian holds some fine examples, but the exhibition is international, with contributors including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum, The British Library, the Musee Guimet, Paris and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
	www.abbeys.com.au /items/29/81/34 (315 words)

	Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium
		Lisbon Coast > Lisbon > Lisbon - Treasures (mudar para Português) - Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium - Founded in 1965 and integrated in the Maritime Museum, the Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium, situated next to the Jerónimos Monastery, exhibits a valuable collection of objects associated to the story of astronomy.
		Founded in 1965 and integrated in the Maritime Museum, the Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium, situated next to the Jerónimos Monastery, exhibits a valuable collection of objects associated to the story of astronomy.
		The Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium at Belém is going to reopen its doors before the end of March, after having remained closed for nine months to remodel the auditorium and surrounding gallery.
	viajar.clix.pt /com/tesouros.php?id=573&lg=en (1138 words)

	lissabon
		This catalogue accompanied the exhibition with the same title, showed in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon from 26 November 1992 to 7 February 1993
		The management of the Museum Calouste Gulbenkian gave an important manuscript on loan to the exhibiton in 1989 in Utrecht "The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript".
		At the time of the exhibition, the director of the Gulbenkian Museum Maria Teresa Gomes Ferreira visited Utrecht and the plan came up to show a selection of the Catharijneconvent collection in Lisbon.
	www.annatextiles.ch /book_rev/rev2004/r2204lisa/r2204li.htm (806 words)

	Explore Lisbon: Parque Eduardo VII and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
		Explore Lisbon: Parque Eduardo VII and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
		The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Tues-Sun 10am-5pm; ?2.50), the great museum of Portugal, is ten minutes' walk north of the Parque Eduardo VII - take bus #16, #31 or #46 from the Rossío, or the metro to Palhavã or Praça de Espanha.
		Established by the Armenian oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian, the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian runs this amazing complex - featuring an orchestra, three concert halls and two galleries for temporary exhibitions - as well as financing work in all spheres of Portuguese cultural life, in even the smallest towns.
	www.justportugal.org /portugal/lisbon/explore/004.asp (292 words)

	Tate Connections \| Touring Exhibitions
		For its patronage of the visual arts the Foundation has received a number of awards, including the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts, presented by the King of Spain (1980).
		The museum is a reflection of the personal taste, culture and spirit of Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian and in his will he provided for the creation of a Portuguese foundation with branches in London and Paris, concerned with charity, art, education and science.
		The collection is eclectic as it runs from Egyptian sculpture to French furniture, from Oriental ceramics to manuscripts, bookbindings and old books, from objects of Syrian glass to tapestry textiles.
	www.tate.org.uk /international/reflections/venues.html (479 words)

	Lisbon Features \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Take the metro uptown to the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, where you can spend three or four hours viewing the collections in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian and the adjacent Centro de Arte Moderna.
		On the final day, walk the length of the boulevard-like Avenida da Liberdade to the city's main park, Parque Eduardo VII, where the greenhouses are a treat.
		From here, it's a simple metro ride to the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian and the Centro de Arte Moderna.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=lisbon@89&cur_section=fea&feature=30002 (565 words)

	Gulbenkian Museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) - Lisbon - Reviews of Gulbenkian Museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) - ...
		Gulbenkian Museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) - Lisbon - Reviews of Gulbenkian Museum (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian) - TripAdvisor
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	Chinese Porcelain - Porcelana Chinesa - in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian. - MARIA ANTONIA PINTO DE MATOS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chinese Porcelain - Porcelana Chinesa - in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian.
		MARIA ANTONIA PINTO DE MATOS Chinese Porcelain - Porcelana Chinesa - in the Museu Calouste Gulbenkian.
		The collection was originally assembled by Calouste Gulbenkian between 1907 and 1947 and is now housed in the beautiful museum of the same name in Lissabon, Portugal.
	www.antiqbook.nl /boox/vdv/002376.shtml (179 words)

	Museu Calouste Gulbenkian test reports reviews » City Guide » Culture Guide » Museums & Galleries » ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		GULBENKIAN CH & OR & CORBOZ - CARISSIMI ABRAHAM AND ISAAC
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	www.discussion-corner.com /catalogue/product,642825,1,Museu_Calouste_Gulbenkian.html (169 words)

	AC/DC in Portugal
		Duck in gardens surrounding Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
		Denny amid bamboo, grounds of Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
		Hilarious statue, grounds of Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
	www.aprille.org /portugal (54 words)

	Gulbenkian Apocalypse - Fine Art, Rare Books, Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, First Editions, Maps ...
		Gulbenkian Apocalypse - Fine Art, Rare Books, Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, First Editions, Maps and Atlases, Natural History, Masterpieces of Book Illumination, Books of Hours, Medieval Medicine, Facsimile editions and Replicas, A.D. - M.Moleiro Editor, S.A. Home > Sold out > Gulbenkian Apocalypse
		It belonged to Henry Yates Thomson from 1899 to 1920, when it was bought by Calouste Gulbenkian.
		It is currently part of the Gulbenkian Foundation Museum collection in Lisbon.
	www.moleiro.com /infoplus.php?libro=AG&idioma=en (351 words)

	Lisbon travel tip - Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
		Member opinion: When a wealthy man collects from the very best and gives his collection to the state, you usually get something good.
		If you are the owner of Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, you can add more info about your place including pictures.
		Verified companies will also get a certificate which authenticates the contact details as verified.
	www.globosapiens.net /lisbon-travel-tip/museu-calouste-gulbenkian-2090.html (117 words)

	Hotel Vip Zurique. Lisboa, Portugal - Discounted rates at www.bookings-pt.info
		The hotel has from good transportation services, and is only 15 minutes away from the international airport, and 5 minutes from the downtown area.
		Very close from the Praça de Touros, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian's gardens and museums.
		Please use the zooming options on the map to find the best way to reach our hotel.
	www.bookings-pt.info /hotel/pt/hotelvipzurique.html (455 words)

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