Monserrate Palace
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Estrada de Monserrate
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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.
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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monserrate_Palace
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°47'39"N 9°25'14"W
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- Palacio De La Zarzuela 517 km
- Royal Palace 580 km
- Palais Mohamed VI 581 km
- Palace of the King AbdAllah of Saudi Arabia 616 km
- Royal palace 700 km
- Residence Royale 925 km
- Royal Palace 936 km
- Royal Palace of Erfoud 944 km
- Compound of former President Félix Houphouët Boigny 3581 km
- Monserrate park
- Hotel Quinta De São Thiago 0.6 km
- Sintra Mountains 3.1 km
- Vip Inn Miramonte Hotel 2* 4.5 km
- Hotel Arribas 3* 5.4 km
- Praia Grande beach 5.5 km
- Praia Pequena 5.5 km
- Adraga Beach 5.7 km
- Ursa beach 6.3 km
- Cabo da Roca (Cape of the Rock) 6.7 km