The Palace of the Dukes of Bragança, located in the city of Guimarães, is a magnificent example of seventeenth-century seigneurial architecture and the birthplace of the House of Bragança. It was classified National Monument since 1910 and includes in its structure a wing intended as the official residence of the Presidency of the Republic.

Dating back to the 15th century, it was built by D. Afonso, bastard son of King D. João I and D. Inês Pires Esteves, 1st Duke of the House of Bragança and 8th Count of Barcelos, at the time of his second marriage to D. Constança de Noronha. It was inhabited during the fifteenth century, in the following centuries and witnessed a progressive abandonment and resulting ruin, motivated by political and economic factors, which worsened until the twentieth century.
Between 1937 and 1959, a wide and complex reconstruction intervention was carried out, based on a project by architect Rogério de Azevedo. In 1959, it was inaugurated as a National Palace and opened to the public as a museum.

Currently, the items on display, produced mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, "furnish" the various spaces of the permanent exhibition, as if the visitor was visiting a "house". This acquis includes excellent collections of tapestry, porcelain, painting, furniture, sculpture and weaponry, in addition to assorted items from other arts and crafts.