Digital Sound Archive
Listen to historic moments online.
Fado Route
Meet fado in Lisbon.
Fado is meant to be felt,
not understood,
or explained.
not understood,
or explained.
- Amália Rodrigues
An interactive museum to see, hear and feel Fado - Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Discover centuries of history and personalities that still reinvent and keep this heritage alive today. Visit us.
Get to know who sings, who plays and the history that unites all of us.
Personality of the Week
António Chaínho27 January, 1938
A self-taught musician, Chaínho felt motivated to improve and become a professional by the radio programmes of José Nunes, Raul Nery and Jaime Santos, which he listened to at Emissora Nacional broadcasts.
