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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.
Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta (manor house) located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal.It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra".
The castle now known as Sintra National Palace, located downhill from the Castelo dos Mouros, was the residence of the Islamic Moorish Taifa of Lisbon rulers of the region. The earliest mention in a source is by Arab geographer Al-Bakri. In the 12th century the village was conquered by King Afonso Henriques, who took the 'Sintra Palace' castle ...
The Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros) is a hilltop medieval castle located in the central Portuguese civil parish of Santa Maria e São Miguel, in the municipality of Sintra, about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lisbon.
Sintra (/ ˈ s ɪ n t r ə, ˈ s iː n t r ə /, [1] [2] [3] Portuguese: ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera.The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, [4] in an area of 319.23 square kilometres (123.26 sq mi). [5]
The management of the Park of Monserrate was taken over by the Sintra Park in 2000 and its recovery and restoration program enabled the Palace to re-open to the public. [4] In 2013 the Park of Monserrate was honored with European Garden Award under the category of “Best Development of a Historic Park or Garden”. [4]