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Pena Palace Built at 1640 ft. above sea level, the was Constructed by an English millionaire, Francis Cook, in the 19th inspired by the Bavaria . The Pena Palace is a century, the Monserrate Palace is known as one of the best magnificent example of from the examples of architecture of the Romantic period in Sintra and era due to its extremely fanciful structure. It a testimony of the eclectic spirit of 19th century. With strong was built in 1839, when King Consort Ferdinand II of Saxe English inspirations, it is also known to have one of the richest Coburg and Gotha acquired the ruins of the Monastery botanical gardens in with its exotic trees, waterfalls Jerónimo Nossa Senhora da Pena and started adapting them and lakes. to a palace.

Sintra National Palace Also known as Town Palace or Royal Palace, the Sintra Constructed in the late 18th century by Daniel Gildemeester, National Palace stands at the Republic Square, at the core of then Consul of Netherland in Portugal, the Seteais Palace - Sintra’s historic center. The palace has two monumental which is currently a hotel - has a current design, after the cone-shaped chimneys coming from the kitchen that expansion work that it went through in the early 19th Presentation dominates the skyline of the village. Of Arabic origin, the century. It is a neoclassical palace and its project is attributed palace was the residence of the Portuguese royal family for to the architect José da Costa e Silva, within the renaissance eight centuries from the 12th century onwards, being the values of Neopalladianism. only surviving royal palace from the Middle Ages. The Village of Sintra, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, is found on the northern side of the mountain range which bears its name and ends abruptly at the impressive cliffs of Roca Cape, the Regaleira Palace Moorish Castle westernmost point of Europe. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Regaleira Palace The Moorish Castle or Castle of Sintra, as it is also known, of Thanks to its privileged geographical was the brainchild of its owner, António Augusto Carvalho Muslim foundation, dates to the 9th century, the Islamic Monteiro, and of the Italian architect Luigi Manini. From ruling era and the achievements of King Afonso Henriques, location, the Sintra Mountain Range is dream to reality, the result is a unique creation filled with the first King of Portugal. Curiously no battle was fought here, characterized by a specific microclimate that magical retreats and details that do not hide the union since its functions would not be the defense of Village of feeds the exotic romanticism of the between national history and the mythical and esoteric side, Sintra itself, but rather the vigilance of and its landscape, concentrating hundreds of inevitably linked to the Sintra Mountain Range. surroundings. flowers and trees in gardens and forests of unparalleled beauty.