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Ribeira Palace (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiˈbɐjɾɐ]; Portuguese: Paço da Ribeira) was the main residence of the Kings of Portugal, in Lisbon, for around 250 years. Its construction was ordered by King Manuel I of Portugal when he found the Royal Alcáçova of São Jorge unsuitable.
- Pena Palace. Sintra. Before the great Bavarian fantasy that is Neuschwanstein, there was fairytale Pena just outside Lisbon. It was a dream-come-true for the king, found up on a hill in Sintra, mixing several architectural styles which make it one of Europe’s finest Romantic constructions.
- Queluz Palace. Queluz. Inspired by France’s Versailles, the Portuguese royal family built this beautiful rococo palace in Queluz as a summer home but it eventually became the official residence.
- Sintra National Palace. Sintra. The two gigantic cones rising from the Sintra National Palace (one of the country’s oldest and once home to Prince Henry the Navigator) are chimneys of a kitchen where banquets (that apparently were authentic food orgies) were prepared.
- Mafra Palace. Mafra. It's one of the world’s biggest palaces, and its construction almost bankrupted the nation at a time when there was no IMF to bail a country out of debt.
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The Royal Ribeira Palace, which stood just beside the Tagus river in the modern square of Terreiro do Paço, was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami. Inside, the 70,000-volume royal library...
Before the 1755 earthquake, the Praça do Comércio was the location of the Paço da Ribeira (the Ribeira Palace), the main royal palace of Portugal. The earthquake struck on the morning of the 1st November, when the city was celebrating the important religious feast day of All Saints.
Terreiro do Paço in 1662, by Dirk Stoop. Praça do Comércio, 2019. Urban development of the banks of the Tagus river (the Ribeira) was given firm impulse in the early 16th century, when King Manuel I built a new royal residence – the Ribeira Palace – by the river, outside the city walls.
Built after an earthquake destroyed the former official residence, Ribeira Palace, Ajuda National Palace is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. An early Neoclassical exterior encases lavish Baroque interiors and emblematic rooms, which visitors can explore during a guided tour.
Title: Grand panorama of Lisbon - Ribeira Royal Palace. Creator: Gabriel Del Barco (attrib.) Date Created: 1700. Physical Location: MNAz, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal....
