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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 .
The City Hall and Market House, located on Travis Street at Prairie Avenue, was shared by the Houston city government and the city market.(1904) Houston City Hall and Market (postcard, circa 1912-1924) From 1841 to 1939, Houston's municipal government was headquartered at Old Market Square. It was destroyed by fire in the 1870s, and also in ...
The Portuguese Riviera (Portuguese: Riviera Portuguesa) is a term used in the tourist industry for the affluent coastal region to the west of Lisbon, Portugal, centered on the coastal municipalities of Cascais (including Estoril), Oeiras and Sintra. [1] [2] [3] It is coterminous with the Estoril Coast (Costa do Estoril) [4] and occasionally ...
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 ]
[2] While the comprehensive plan for the Civic Center was rejected, there was already construction in 1925 of a new central library at the site proposed by Hare and Hare. The CPC approved a second Civic Center plan in 1925. The approved plan featured a new city hall facing east toward a long reflection pool, surrounded by tree-canopied promenades.
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.
Mayor Thomas Scanlan toured the east coast in 1871 for an inspection of various city halls in preparation for a new city hall and market house for Houston. The city hired Charles E. Hoare to design the new Italianate civic center, which included city offices, market stalls, and a theater. The project cost the city $400,000, but the 1873 ...
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".