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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional de QueluzThe Palace of Queluz and its gardens, represents one of the finest examples of late 18th-century Portuguese architecture.Built at the orders of Pedro III, the husband of D. Maria I (1734-1816), and used as a royal residence, this palace is one of (...)
Telephone: +351 219 237 300
Fax: +351 219 237 350
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pt
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional de SintraSintra National Palace The Sintra national palace is unique amongst the royal mediaeval palaces in Portugal and the town’s most distinctive building.Beginning with the nation’s first dynasties, Sintra was one of the preferred places of Portuguese (...)
Telephone: +351 219 237 300
Fax: +351 219 237 350
E-mail: info@parquesdesintra.pt
Website: http://www.parquesdesintra.pthttps://www.parquesdesintra.pt/en/digital-resources/digital- (...)
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Nacional e Convento de MafraThe sheer magnificence of the monumental architectural design of the palace, convent and basilica of Mafra bears witness to the opulence of the court of king João V (1707-1750). It was king João V who ordered the building of what proved to be the (...)
Telephone: +351 261 817 550
Fax: +351 261 811 947
E-mail: geral@pnmafra.dgpc.pt
Website: https://www.museusemonumentos.pt/pt/museus-e-monumentos/pala (...)
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Museums and PalacesPalácio Sotto MaiorThe richness of the interior of the french style building at the beginning of the century by Joaquim Sotto Maior takes us back to the art of the joint use o metal, timber and plaster. The different rooms provide us with ecstatic visions: crystal and (...)
Telephone: +351 233 422 121 - 351 233 408 460
Fax: + 351 233 422 121 - 351 233 408 403
E-mail: comercial@casinofigueira.pt
Website: http://www.palaciosottomaiormulticenter.com.pt
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ArchaeologyPardieiroThe Pardieiro is an Iron Age necropolis that lies near the road between São Martinho das Amoreiras and Corte Malhão.It was discovered in 1971 and excavation revealed eleven funereal monuments in juxtaposed sub-rectangular forms. These monuments, in (...)
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ArchaeologyParque Arqueológico de TresminasAt Tresminas Archaeological Park, visitors will find one of the largest gold mines of Roman times, with evidence showing that it was in activity from the reign of the Emperor Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD) to the time of Septimus Severus (193-211 AD).The (...)
Telephone: +351 259 458 091
E-mail: geral@tresminas.com
Website: http://www.tresminas.com
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ArchaeologyParque Arqueológico do EscouralEscoural Archaeological ParkPrehistoric grotto with vestiges of Paleolithic paintings and engravings. The area, that is a National Monument, was occupied in the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras and had subsequent human occupation. The small hill (...)
Telephone: +351 266 857 000
E-mail: grutadoescoural@cultura-alentejo.pt
Website: http://www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/patrimonio/itinerari (...)
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ArchaeologyParque Arqueológico do Vale do CôaThrough the imposing mountains of the north-eastern region of Portugal, where in early spring the almond trees are in full blossom and in autumn the vines are covered with fiery red leaves, there runs into the River Douro, from the south, a (...)
Telephone: +351 279 768 260/1
Fax: +351 279 768 270
E-mail: museu@arte-coa.pt
Website: http://www.arte-coa.pt
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MonumentsPedra da AudiênciaThe Pedra da Audiência is a unique monument of Portuguese civil architecture. Consisting of a table and three benches, all made of granite, it was used as an outdoor court for many trials presided over by an ordinary judge. This small court (...)
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