Monserrate Palace

Portugal / Lisboa e Vale do Tejo / Colares / Estrada de Monserrate
 palace, interesting place

A fantastic romantic park and palace, created for William Beckford, a Serra de Sintra passionate, who also lived here, and.
However, it was Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate, who along with the landscape painter William Stockdale, botanist William Nevill and the master gardener James Burt, created the contrasting scenarios found in the park, where one follow winding paths among the ruins, corners, waterfalls and lakes, suggesting an apparent disorder.
In the Palace, it is worth mentioning the music room and luxurious reception rooms as Indiana Living Room, the Dining Room and Library, all on ground floor.
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Coordinates:   38°47'39"N   9°25'14"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago