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Palácio Nacional da Pena
Pena Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional da Pena) is the palace of the king. Its dazzling, peculiar and pretentious figure looks like a paradise castle. The palace itself is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, including Gothic, Renaissance, Moorish, and Manueline (Manueline, the architectural style of the Portuguese King Nuel I) was the Queen of Portugal in the 19th century The brainchild of Maria II's husband, Ferdinand (Ferdinand of saxe-Coburg-Gotha).
This is not only a Portuguese national monument, but also one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is located on the top of a hill in the São Pedro de Penaferrim in Sintra, near Lisbon. It is clear in downtown Lisbon in clear weather visible. In 1995, it was selected as a World Heritage Site as part of the Sintra Cultural Landscape. It is now frequently used for the state affairs of the Portuguese President and other government officials.
In the Middle Ages, there was only a chapel of Our Lady. In 1493, Joao II and his wife came here for a pilgrimage, and his successor Manuel I built the monastery. In 1755, the monastery was razed to the ground in the Lisbon earthquake. From 1842 to 1854, great efforts were made to build the royal summer palace. , the architect is the German Baron von Eschwege (Baron von Eschwege), and it was finally completed in 1885.