J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: Coches

The museum was created in 1905 by Queen Amélia to house an extensive collection of carriages belonging to the Portuguese royal family and nobility. The collection gives a full picture of the development of carriages from the late 16th through the 19th centuries, with carriages made in Italy, Portugal, France, Spain, Austria and England. End of series.

The main exhibition hall ends with three huge baroque coaches, made in Rome, for the Portuguese ambassador to the Vatican D. Rodrigo Almeida e Menezes, Marquis of Abrantes in an embassy sent to Pope Clement XI by order of King D. João V of Portugal. These coaches of 5 tons have luxurious interiors and are decorated with golden life-sized sculptures. For many years no European monarch sent embassies to the Vatican not being able to achieve such grandeur!

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The cabriolet.

For, if you prefer a more discrete and self effacing approach you can always take this one !