thumb|Casa da Música is an example of modern architecture. Traditional architecture is distinctive and include the Manueline, also known as Portuguese late Gothic a sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, followed by Pombaline style of the 18th century.
thuMb|CaSa dA MúsIca is An examPLE Of mOdern ArcHItecTuRE. traditional arChitecTurE iS disTIncTivE and inCludE the ManuEliNe, alSO kNown as poRtugUEse Late goThIC a SumPTuOUs, cOmpOsIte PORtuguEse sTYle Of architEctural ornAMEnTATION OF The fiRst Decades of The 16TH cenTury, foLlOWed by pombalinE sTYlE of the 18th ceNtury.