Key facts
- Architectural style
- Romanesque Revival , Neo-Manueline
- Location
- Sintra , Portugal
- Construction started
- Middle Ages
- Architect
- Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege
- Other designers
- Ferdinand II of Portugal
- Part of
- Cultural Landscape of Sintra
- Criteria
- Cultural: (ii), (iv), (v)
- Inscription
- 1995 (19th Session )
- Type
- Non-movable
- Designated
- 10 January 1907
- Reference no
- IPA.00006134
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Encyclopedic overview
The Pena Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Pena) is a Romanticist palace 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. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is also used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic and other government officials.
History
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