Digital Sound Archive
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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
Alberto Costa8 June, 1898 - 1 October, 1987
Born in Coimbra (Torres do Mondego), Alberto Costa felt attracted to Fado early in his life. He later moved to the Lisbon district of Alfama and performed Fado live for the first time in 1914. Her continued to sing at popular associations, recreational societies and charity shows. Alberto Costa became one of the most charismatic singers of his kind.
