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  2. Portuguese crown jewels - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese crown jewels (jóias da Coroa Portuguesa), also known as the Royal Treasure (Tesouro Real), are the pieces of jewelry, regalia, and vestments that were used by the Kings and Queens of Portugal during the time of the Portuguese Monarchy. Over the nine centuries of Portuguese history, the Portuguese crown jewels have lost and ...

  3. Crown of João VI - Wikipedia

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    Description. King Manuel II of Portugal, wearing the Mantle of Luís I, with the Crown of João VI, on the day of his Acclamation. The crown is fashioned out of gold, silver, iron, and red velvet. Its eight half arches are surmounted by a monde: a globus cruciger on a crown, with a cross at its top—as Portugal was a Catholic nation.

  4. Sintra National Palace - Wikipedia

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    Sintra National Palace. Palace of Sintra, also known as the "Town Palace". View from east, showing the Manueline section. The Palace of Sintra (Portuguese: Palácio de Sintra), also called Town Palace (Palácio da Vila), is located in the town of Sintra, in the Lisbon District of Portugal. It is a present-day historic house museum.

  5. Portuguese nobility - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese nobility was a social class enshrined in the laws of the Kingdom of Portugal with specific privileges, prerogatives, obligations and regulations. The nobility ranked immediately after royalty and was itself subdivided into a number of subcategories which included the titled nobility and nobility of blood at the top and civic ...

  6. Palace of Ajuda - Wikipedia

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    Reference no. IPA.00004722. The Palace of Ajuda (Portuguese: Palácio da Ajuda, Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐˈʒuðɐ]) is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal. Built on the site of a temporary wooden building constructed to house the royal family after the 1755 earthquake and tsunami, it ...

  7. Portuguese Riviera - Wikipedia

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    The riviera is home to numerous Michelin star restaurants and known as a culinary destination for Portuguese cuisine and international cuisine alike. [29] Summer architecture, a Portuguese architectural movement of the 19th and early 20th century, originated in the Riviera, following the Portuguese Royal Family's arrival in the region in 1870.

  8. Crown jewels - Wikipedia

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    Crown jewels are the objects of metalwork and jewellery in the regalia of a current or former monarchy. They are often used for the coronation of a monarch and a few other ceremonial occasions. A monarch may often be shown wearing them in portraits, as they symbolize the power and continuity of the monarchy. Additions to them may be made, but ...

  9. Pena Palace - Wikipedia

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    IPA.00006134. The Pena Palace(Portuguese: Palácio da Pena) is a Romanticistcastle in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipalityof Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountainsabove the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbonand much of its metropolitan area.