Pena Palace
Sintra / Portugal

Pena Palace
Sintra / Portugal





Photo on top  source: portugalvirtual.pt

Outside the Palace

Outside the Palace, source: 365diascontigo

Outside the Palace, source: alexgaliano.com

Outside the Palace, source: sintratours.co.uk

Outside the Palace, source: Singa Hitam

Outside the Palace, source: mmia.com

Outside the Palace, source: portugalvirtual

Outside the Palace, source: portugalvirtual

Source: wanderingwagars

Inside the Palace

Inside the Palace, Triton arch symbolising the Creation, source: portugalvirtual.pt

Front of the Palace, source: flojohntravels

Back courtyard, source: flojohntravels

Back courtyard, source: sharalyn

Back courtyard, source: bootsnotroots

Cloister, source: DGPC

Manueline cloister preserved from the old monastery, source: portugalvirtual.pt

Cloister, source: bootsnotroots

Great Hall, source: parquesdesintra.pt

Great Hall, source: parquesdesintra.pt

Arab room, photo: dream.estoril-portugal.com

Arab room, source: huffingtonpost.com

Arab room, photo: dream.estoril-portugal.com

Dining room, source: vicadvisor.com

Queen's Room, source: portugalvirtual.pt

Queen's Room, source: portugalvirtual.pt

Chapel Retable, source: portugalvirtual.pt

Chapel, source: sharalyn

Inside the Castle.

The wall features 5 towers, one of circular plant

In the highest tower.

Back there, the Pena Palace.

Panoramic View

Panoramic view from Pena Palace to Castelo dos Mouros... The Atlantic Ocean, to the west (at the left in the photo) and view to the North (at the right)... source reginahelena.blogspot

View from the highest tower at Castelo dos Mouros... East view (at the left in the photo) and South view with Palácio da Pena in the other hilltop... Photo by Isabel Marques

Location

The National Pena Palace, popularly known only as Pena Palace or Pena Castle, is situated in the village of Sintra, in the district of Lisbon, in Portugal.

Erected on a massif rocky, isolated in one of the summits of the Sintra hills, from the top of its edification reveals a privileged view of all its rural surroundings that extends to the Atlantic Ocean.

Localização

O Palácio Nacional da Pena, popularmente referido apenas por Palácio da Pena ou Castelo da Pena, localiza-se na vila de Sintra, no distrito de Lisboa, em Portugal.

Erguido sobre um maciço rochoso, isolado num dos cumes da serra de Sintra, do alto da sua edificação descortina-se uma vista privilegiada de toda a sua envolvência rural que se estende até ao oceano Atlântico.

Characteristics

The Park and the Pena Palace with architectural references of Manueline and Moorish influence, are the fruit of the creative genius of D. Fernando II.

The Palace represents one of the main expressions of nineteenth-century architectural Romanticism in the world, constituting the first palace in this style in Europe, erected about 30 years before the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.

The Palace was built to be observed from any point of the Park, forest and lush gardens with more than five hundred tree species from the four corners of the world. Also very interesting in the Pena Park is the Chalet of the Countess of Edla.

Características

O Parque e o Palácio da Pena com referências arquitetónicas de influência manuelina e mourisca, são o fruto do génio criativo de D. Fernando II.

O Palácio representa uma das principais expressões do Romantismo arquitectónico do século XIX no mundo, constituindo-se no primeiro palácio nesse estilo na Europa, erguido cerca de 30 anos antes do Castelo de Neuschwanstein, na Baviera.

O Palácio foi construído para ser observado de qualquer ponto do Parque, floresta e jardins luxuriantes com mais de quinhentas espécies arbóreas oriundas dos quatro cantos do mundo. Também muito interessante no Parque da Pena é o Chalet da Condessa d’Edla.

Timeline

  • 12th century - Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Pena, or Penha in allusion to the Portuguese word for the huge boulders dotting the top of the hill on which the chapel got constructed;
  • 1503 - Beginning of the construction of the Royal Monastery of Our Lady of Pena, funded by King Manuel I. The Monastery is handed over to the Order of Saint Jerome;
  • 1755 - The great earthquake of 1755 causes severe damage to the Monastery that, from then on knows a period of decay;
  • 1838 - After the extinction of the Religious Orders in the country (1834), the Monastery and its respective grounds are acquired by Fernando II of Portugal;
  • 1839-1854 - Restoration of the old monastery and building of the "New Palace" under the guidance of Fernando II, his wife Maria II of Portugal and Baron von Eschwege;
  • 1853 - Death of Queen Maria II;
  • 1860 - King Ferdinand meets the opera singer Elise Hensler and begins courting her;
  • 1864 - King Ferdinand and Elise Hensler oversee work on the Chalet and the Garden surrounding the western flanks of the Park of Pena;
  • 1869 - Marriage of King Ferdinand II and Elise Hensler, who is bestowed with the title of the Countess of Edla by King Ferdinand’s cousin, the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ernest II;
  • 1885 - Death of King Ferdinand II. The Palace and Park are left in his will to the Countess of Edla;
  • 1890 - The Countess agrees to the sale of the Palace and Park of Pena to the State, receiving the lifelong right for the Chalet and Garden (which she rescinds in 1904);
  • 1910-1912 - After the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic, the Palace is converted into a museum
  • 1995 - UNESCO classifies the hills and historical town of Sintra as World Heritage Cultural Landscape, the first to receive this category in Europe. The Palace and Park of Pena fall within the scope of this classification.

Cronologia

  • Século XII - Capela dedicada a Nossa Senhora da Pena, ou Penha em alusão aos grandes penedos existentes no topo da serra, onde a capela foi construída;
  • 1503 - Início da construção do Real Mosteiro de Nossa Senhora da Pena, fundado por D. Manuel I. O mosteiro é entregue à Ordem de São Jerónimo;
  • 1755 - O grande terramoto de 1755 causa severos danos ao Mosteiro que, a partir de então conhece um período de decadência;
  • 1838 - Após a extinção das Ordens Religiosas no país (1834), o mosteiro e os seus respectivos terrenos são adquiridos por Fernando II de Portugal;
  • 1839-1854 - Recuperação do antigo mosteiro e edificação do "Palácio Novo", sob orientação de Fernando II, sua esposa Maria II de Portugal e do Barão von Eschwege;
  • 1853 - Morte de D. Maria II;
  • 1860 - D. Fernando conhece a cantora de ópera Elise Hensler e inicia uma relação amorosa;
  • 1864 - D. Fernando e Elise Hensler dirigem as obras do Chalet e do Jardim envolvente na parte ocidental do Parque da Pena;
  • 1869 - Casamento de D. Fernando II com Elise Hensler, que é agraciada com o título de Condessa d’Edla pelo primo de D. Fernando, o duque reinante de Saxe-Coburgo e Gotha, Ernesto II;
  • 1885 - Morte de D. Fernando II. Palácio e Parque são deixados em testamento à Condessa d’Edla;
  • 1890 - A Condessa acorda a venda do Palácio e Parque da Pena ao Estado, ficando com o usufruto vitalício do Chalet e Jardim (de que prescinde em 1904);
  • 1910-1912 - Após a proclamação da República Portuguesa, o Palácio é convertido em museu;
  • 1995 - A UNESCO classifica a serra e a vila histórica de Sintra como Paisagem Cultural-Património Mundial da Humanidade, a primeira aplicação da categoria na Europa. O Palácio e o Parque da Pena são abrangidos pela classificação.

Aerial view

Aerial view, source: portugalvirtual

Aerial view, source: visitportugalblog

Aerial view, source: publituris.pt

Aerial view, source: vidadebairro.pt

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Another day that ends just like a poem  source: Emigus Photography

Good evening!  source: sintra2017.com