Romantic Sintra, an inspiring place for artists and poets

Sintra National Palace presents characteristics of Medieval, Gothic, Manueline, Renaissance and Romantic architecture.
It is considered an example of organic architecture, of a set of bodies apparently separate, but which are part of a whole articulated among themselves, through patios, stairs, corridors and galleries. It has the largest set of Mudejar tiles in the country.

The Palace was used by the Portuguese Royal Family until the end of the Monarchy, in 1910.

In 1992, UNESCO extended the categories of World Heritage and added that of Cultural Landscape.
Sintra was classified as a World Heritage Site, under the category “Cultural Landscape”, on December 6, 1995


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