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The Quinta dos Lagares d'El-Rei (Portuguese: Solar da Quinta dos Lagares d'El-Rei; [ˈkĩtɐ ðuʒ lɐˈɣaɾɨʒ ðɛl ˈʁɐj], "Estate of the King's Wine-Vats"), is a quinta and manor house on the Portuguese estate of Quinta dos Lagares d'El-Rei, part of the Senhorio dos Lagares d'El-Rei (the Majorat of Lagares), a feudal fiefdom, seated in the civil parish of Alvalade, in the municipality ...
Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra". Along with the other palaces in the area such as the Quinta do Relógio, Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces, it is considered ...
www .museudoazulejo .gov .pt. The Museu Nacional do Azulejo ( Portuguese for National Museum of the Azulejo ), occasionally known in English as the National Tile Museum, is an art museum in Lisbon, Portugal dedicated to the azulejo, traditional tilework of Portugal and the former Portuguese Empire, as well as of other Iberophone cultures. [1]
The Arcaheological site of Quinta dos Patudos ( Portuguese: Estação arquelógica da Quinta dos Patudos) is an archaeological site in the civil parish of Alpiarça, in the municipality of the same name in the Portuguese district of Santarém (part of the former historical province of Ribatejo ). Sometimes referred to as the "castle" of ...
History. The Palace of the Marquesses of Fronteira was built in 1671 as a hunting pavilion to Don João de Mascarenhas, 1st Marquis of Fronteira, who received his title from King Afonso VI of Portugal for his loyalty to the House of Braganza in the Portuguese Restoration War . The palace is the private residence of the Marquesses of Fronteira.
St. Julian's is a British international private school located in the parish of Carcavelos e Parede, [1] in Cascais, close to Lisbon, Portugal. The school takes its name from São Julião da Barra Fortress, overlooking nearby Carcavelos beach, originally erected in the mid-16th century to keep the British, among other raiders, out of the Tagus ...
The Society of Jesus expelled from the Kingdom of Portugal by the Royal Decree of 3 September 1759; as a carrack sets sail from Portuguese shores in the background, a bolt of lightning strikes a Jesuit priest as he attempts to set a terrestrial globe, a mitre, and a royal crown on fire; a bag of gold coins and a closed book (symbols of wealth and control of education) lie at the priest's feet.
The four Artificial caves of Casal do Pardo ( Portuguese: Grutas artificiais do Casal do Pardo ), also known as the Caves of Quinta do Anjo, were neolithic tombs. They are situated in Palmela municipality in the Setúbal District, of Portugal, about 25 km (16 mi) south of the capital of Lisbon. These caves were classified as a National Monument ...