Palácio Foz (Lisbon)

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Built in Baroque style between 1755 and 1777 for the marquis of Castelo Melhor, it is the largest and most important building bordering Praça dos Restauradores.
Its current Italianesque appearance is the result of a late eighteenth-century renovation by the Italian architect Francesco Saverio Fabri. The palace was originally named Palácio Castelo Melhor but later renamed to Palácio Foz for the marquis of Foz, who lived here in the nineteenth century.
The palace has a magnificent interior with pompous gilded decorations, marble pillars, wrought iron balconies and balustrades, painted ceilings and walls decorated with azulejo panels. The most impressive hall is the Sala dos Espelhos, a sumptuous mirror hall in Louis XIV style.