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Museums and PalacesPalácio do RaioBuilt during the reign of king João V (1706-50), this is a wonderful example of Baroque civil architecture and designed by André Soares for José Duarte de Faria. He was a knight of the Order of Christ in addition to being a highly influential (...)
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Museums and PalacesPalácio dos Capitães GeneraisCaptain-General’s PalaceIn 1572 D. Sebastião gives permission to a group of priests to build a College for the Company of Jesus, a place that shows even nowadays the main goal of the dislocation of the Jesuits to this island: provide both a school (...)
Telephone: +351 295 402 300
Fax: +351 295 213 959
E-mail: filipa.vf.silva@azores.gov.pt; teresa.mq.mendes@azores.gov.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio dos Condes de AnadiaThe Palácio dos Paes do Amaral (the Counts of Anadia) is considered to be one of the most beautiful stately homes in Beira Alta. It was built in 1724 at the initiative of Simão Paes do Amaral, the noble servant of the king Dom Afonso VI, a professed (...)
Telephone: +351 232 622 366
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Museums and PalacesPalácio dos Marqueses de FronteiraDating back to the 17th c, the palace is decorated with azulejos from that period and rocaille stucco work from the 18th c. Also from this period is the furniture, which comes from a variety of sources, including Indo-Portuguese furniture, a Spanish (...)
Telephone: +351 21 778 20 23
Fax: +351 21 778 49 62
E-mail: fronteiraalorna@mail.telepac.pt
Website: http://www.fronteira-alorna.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio e Jardins do Marquês de PombalThe Gardens and the Palace of the Marquis of Pombal, classified as national monument, is an example of our valuable 18th century heritage, designed by Carlos Mardel, a renowned Hungarian architect who played a major role in the "pombaline" (...)
Telephone: +351 21 440 87 81
E-mail: visit.palacio@cm-oeiras.pt
Website: http://www.cm-oeiras.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio e Parque BiesterDesigned by reputable architect José Luiz Monteiro and erected in the last decades of the 19th century, surrounded by a lavish and extensive Botanical Park with the signature of famous landscapist François Nogré, the building constitutes a unique (...)
Telephone: +351 218 708 800
E-mail: info@biester.pt
Website: http://www.biester.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio e Parque de MonserratePark and Palace of Monserrate This fantastic Romantic park was created by William Beckford, who fell in love with the Serra de Sintra.The park and palace of Monserrate, formerly a farm with fruit orchards and crop fields, were first imagined by (...)
Telephone: +351 21 923 73 00
Fax: +351 21 923 73 50
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio e Quinta da RegaleiraVery close to the historic centre of Sintra is Quinta Regaleira, one of the town’s most enigmatic sights.The palace of Quinta da Regaleira was built in the early 20th century by the millionaire António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), who (...)
Telephone: +351 21 910 66 50
Fax: +351 21 924 47 25
E-mail: regaleira@mail.telepac.pt
Website: http://www.regaleira.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional da AjudaAjuda National Palace (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda)This neo-classical palace was built in the first half of the 19C and was chosen as the residence for the Portuguese royal family when D. Luís I (1838-1889) became king and married an Italian princess, (...)
Telephone: +351 213 637 095
E-mail: geral@pnajuda.dgpc.pt
Website: http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional da PenaPena National Palace The fantastic Palácio da Pena is one of the best examples of 19th-century Romantic revivalism in Portugal.Situated at the top of the Monte da Pena, the palace was built on the site of an old monastery belonging to the Order of (...)
Telephone: +351 21 923 73 00
Fax: +351 21 923 73 50
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pthttps://www.parquesdesintra.pt/pt/recursos-digitais/experien (...)
