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The Pena National Palace was built on the ruins of a Manueline convent and served as a summer residence for monarchs. This work perfectly combines neo-Gothic and neo-Manueline elements with Muslim and Indian elements. This combination accentuates, with the luxuriant vegetation of the Pena Park, its exotic and fantastic appearance. Inside, the ambience of a royal residence has been preserved.

Currently in ruins, there are only a few traces of the wall. Is located near the Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point of Europe.

Sintra National Palace, also known as Town Palace is an impressive example for the palaces and the only preserved Royal Palace in Portugal from the Middle Age. Its plant is complex and irregular and it is the result from several construction campaigns and periods in which the main ones were during Dom João I and Dom Manuel time and also the third of the 16th century. This Town Palace is the most ambitious project under the Mudéjar style in Portugal. It was quite used by the mediaeval Kings and it possesses several divisions, among which the Archers Room, the Guests …

This estate used to belong to Baron of Regaleira and it was built in the beginning of the 20th century. It was projected by the Italian scenographic architect Luigi Manini and it was built under the Romantic style. This space is considered one of the most important examples for the revival architecture in Portugal. The estate shows itself as an impressive ensemble from different styles (Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Manueline) and constructions (gardens, wells, towers, lakes, statues and grottoes) where it is possible to feel the intimacy from this magic place.

The Monserrate Palace is an eighteen hundreds construction topped by bulbous red cupolas with facades opened by doors and windows of soft Gothic curves. On the inside, there is an exuberant decoration of plaster and domes with Indian and classical themes. It is surrounded by superb and romantic gardens where it is possible to find thousands of exotic species due to this region micro-climate.

Castle built in the 12th century, suffering after several modifications, above all in the reign of Dom Fernando II. It is from this period that possibly date his current appearance. The primitive Moorish Castle subsist the cistern, the line of battlements and square towers which reinforce the wall. Within the grounds there is a Romanesque chapel in ruins.

This construction is the result of Dom Pedro V will in transform Queluz Estate into a Palace. The work started in 1747 under Mateus Vicente de Oliveira supervision and later from J.B. Robillon who gave the Palace its decorative splendour. Inside the Palace we can stand out the Thrown room, the Music Room and the Hall of Ambassadors. Its gardens are decorates with statues, lakes and fountains. The Grand Lake or Canal presents hand-painted, polychromatic glazed tiles covering the building walls.

Built in the middle of cliffs and vegetation, this Convent is also known as convent of Santa Cruz da Serra or Cork. Simple construction of great rusticity was founded in 1560, by Dom Álvaro de Castro, as fulfilment of a vow he had made to his father, Dom João de Castro. In this space all is miniaturial, the tiers, lined with Cork, the refectory and the small church with the marble altar, whose Vault was carved in the rock itself. It is assumed that was abandoned in 1834, following the extinction of the religious orders determined by the liberal regime.

Localizado a a 488 metros de altitude, foi local de culto desde tempos ancestrais. A Capela de Nossa Senhora da Penha foi construída por devoção popular, depois de uma aparição de Nossa Senhora a uma pastora. Destaque ainda para a ermida de São Saturnino e para o palacete romântico-revivalista de 1918.