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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.
Palace of Necessidades – former royal palace; seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal) Palace of the Counts of Azambuja; Palace of the Counts of Penafiel; Palace of the Counts of Redondo; Palácio dos Condes da Calheta; Palace of the Dukes of Palmela; Palace of the Marquesses of Fronteira; Pena National Palace – former royal ...
Pena is a former parish in the municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. At the administrative reorganization of Lisbon on 8 December 2012 it became part of the parish Arroios . [ 2 ] In 2001, the population of the district included 6038 residents, in an area of 0.5 km 2 , representing a highly compact population.
The palace chapel, designed by José Troni and Thomas F. Hickey.. In 1803, the Prince-Regent, (the future King John VI) lived at Bemposta. [1] [3] Even after the return of the royal family, in 1821, John returned to Bemposta, and with the intent of making the residence more habitable, began various renovations in 1822, 1824 and 1825, principally in the rooms behind the chapel and on the floor ...
The metropolitan area (Portuguese: área metropolitana) is a type of administrative division in Portugal. Since the 2013 local government reform, there are two metropolitan areas: Lisbon and Porto. [1] The metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto were created in 1991. [2]
Pena Palace, São Pedro de Penaferrim, Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim), Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal Q69513, ISNI: 0000000122039705, VIAF cluster ID: 168487002, GND ID: 4271872-7, Library of Congress authority ID: nr94002948, Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12187033x, IdRef ID: 029346096, NL CR AUT ID: ko20201094021, SIPA ID: 6134, DGPC ID: 69855 ...
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