Mafra National Palace (Mafra)

Portugal / Lisboa e Vale do Tejo / Mafra
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The Mafra National Palace is a monumental Baroque and Italianized Neoclassical palace-monastery located in Mafra, Portugal. Its dimensions are so huge that it dwarfs the city. The palace-monastery is said to be Portugal's attempt to rival the Spanish palace at Escorial outside Madrid, Spain, but was built more like a response to the power of the Vatican, having the monastery a similar loom to the Pope's official residence.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafra_National_Palace
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Coordinates:   38°56'12"N   9°19'33"W
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