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The Pena Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Pena) is a Romanticist castle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera.The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area.
His original plan had been to build a smaller version of the Pena Palace in Sintra. In Portuguese “pena” means “rock outcrop”, while “peninha” refers to a smaller outcrop. [3] On his death the property was sold to Dr. José Maria Ferreira Rangel de Sampaio who requested an architect to prepare designs to finalize the work of the palace.
The palace survived until the Tang dynasty, when it was burnt down by marauding invaders en route to the Tang capital, Chang'an. It was the largest palace complex ever built on Earth, [26] covering 4.8 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi), which is 6.7 times the size of the current Forbidden City, or 11 times the size of the Vatican City.
It now forms part of the park surrounding the Pena Palace. Among the 200 botanical species are camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas and a large collection of ferns from Australia and New Zealand. Trees were introduced from North America, with the assistance of John Slade, an American forester who was Elise's brother-in-law.
Landscape of the Sintra Mountains (Serra de Sintra). The Pena Palace, which is visible in the image, is close to the peak of the mountain, named Cruz Alta (high Cross). Cruz Alta (high Cross), the summit cross marking the highest point of Sintra Mountains (529 m). The Sintra Mountains (Portuguese: Serra de Sintra), is a mountain range in ...
Pena Palace, 1854: Sintra, Lisbon: 7: Belém Tower, 1521: Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon Other finalists. Castle of Almourol Vila Nova da Barquinha. Castle of Marvão ...