When she died on July 27, 2024, Mísia left behind a house full of books, paintings, and small objects in an 18th-century building on Rua de Santa Catarina in Lisbon, where she lived until the end. Instead of being cleared out, the house remained just as it was and is now Casa Mísia, a space where artists live and create for a few weeks.
A house that remains just as Mísia left it
The apartment was purchased directly from the fado singer herself in 2022 by the Kees Eijrond Foundation, an arts organization based in the Netherlands. Inside, everything remained in place: Mísia’s personal library, the paintings, the records, the films, and a poster from the French magazine *La Revue Blanche*, as described by *Público*.
This month, from November 6 to 27, the house will host Brazilian writer Paulliny Tort, according to the foundation’s schedule. The foundation has even mentioned guided tours and small concerts, but no dates have been set yet.
Not everything remained in the house: some stage dresses were sent to the Fado Museum and to MUDE, and other items belonging to the fado singer were auctioned online in 2025.
Who was Mísia?
Born in Porto in 1955, Mísia released her first album in 1991, often cited as the beginning of “new fado,” according to the Fado Museum. She combined the accordion and violin with guitars, sang poems by many Portuguese writers, and built a career in France, Spain, and Japan. If you like houses connected to fado, be sure to also visit the house where Amália Rodrigues lived.
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