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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.
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 as well as hundreds of works of art, including paintings by Titian, Rubens, and Correggio, were lost.
- 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.
St. George’s Castle, the Monastery of S. Vicente de Fora, Ribeira Palace, the Monastery of Jerónimos or the Tower of Belém, some of the most important buildings of this city are represented here, leading to an immediate identification of the city as the Portuguese capital. The authorship of this work has been associated to one of the first ...
Grand panorama of Lisbon - Ribeira Royal Palace (1700) by Gabriel Del Barco (attrib.)National Azulejo Museum Ribeira Palace , the first permanent royal residence, built by order of King Manuel I, in the beggining of the 16th century, was located near the river.
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Facing the Tagus (Tejo) to the South, the plaza is still commonly known in Portuguese as Terreiro do Paço ([tɨˈʁɐjɾu ðu ˈpasu] (transl. Palace Yard), as it hosted the Paço da Ribeira (transl. Royal Palace of Ribeira) until the latter was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake (the subway station located there is still named ...
Jun 17, 2017 · The loss of a palace On 1 November 1755, a huge earthquake and resulting tsunami and a fire destroyed the palace and most of Lisbon. The 70,000 volume royal library which was housed in the Ribeira palace was lost as well as hundred works of art. The Prime Minister, 1st. Marquess of Pombal, coordinated massive reconstruction effort. However the ...
