The National Palace of Sintra, located in the Parish of Saint Martin (Sintra), also known as Palácio da Vila.
It was one of the royal palaces and today is owned by the Portuguese State, who uses it for purposes of tourism and culture. Urban deployment, its construction began in the fifteenth century.
Presents characteristics of medieval architecture, Gothic, Manuel I, Renaissance and romantic. It is considered an example of organic architecture, the set of bodies apparently separated, although they are part of a whole articulated among themselves, through courtyards, staircases, corridors and galleries.
The palace was used by the Royal Family almost until the end of the monarchy in 1910.
Plant complex, organized into "V" and has spread volume, consists mainly of cobbles, with coverage carried by the four different roofs varied waters.
Characteristic feature of this palace, quickly identified by tourists, is the pair of tall conical chimneys. The main elevation is organized into three sections, with the highest central and retreated to the relatively extreme. There is also an arcade on the ground floor with four arches, surmounted by five mullioned windows and emoludramento limestone. The other fronts of the building show a complex mix reentrant and salient bodies, especially the cubic volume of the Hall of Arms.
The internal compartments are reflected in nuclei arranged around courtyards. Noteworthy are the following: the Archers' Hall, the Hall Moura (or Arab), the Sala das Pegas, the Swan Room, the Hall of Arms, the Hall of the Sirens and the Hall of Audience.
The chapel is rectangular and nave, with walls covered by paintings and decorative wood ceiling. In the kitchen are visible from startups monumental octagonal chimneys. Some magazines call Manueline wing spans of bearing moldings and fireplaces in limestone, characterized by relief decoration.
This Palace is classified as a National Monument.
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