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2. Sintra - Wikipedia

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   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]

3. Castle of the Moors - Wikipedia

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   Granite, Limestone with "mixtum vittatum". 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. Built by the Moors in the 8th and 9th centuries, it was an important ...

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. Quinta da Regaleira - Wikipedia

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   Quinta da Regaleira [ˈkĩtɐ ðɐ ˈʁɨɣɐlɐjɾɐ] is a quinta located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra". Along with the other palaces in the area such as the Quinta do Relógio, Pena, Monserrate and Seteais palaces, it is considered ...

6. Pena Palace - Wikipedia

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   IPA.00006134. 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.

7. List of World Heritage Sites in Portugal - Wikipedia

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   There are 17 World Heritage Sites listed in Portugal, with a further 18 on the tentative list. The first four sites listed in Portugal were the Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon, the Monastery of Batalha, the Convent of Christ in Tomar, and the town of Angra do Heroísmo, in 1983. The most recent additions to the list ...