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Pena Palace

Palácio Nacional da Pena

The Pena Palace is a 19th-century Romanticist palace and hilltop complex in Sintra, Portugal, combining Neo-Gothic, Neo-Manueline, Neo-Islamic and Neo-Renaissance elements. Perched on a rocky summit and surrounded by an extensive landscaped park, it served as a royal summer residence and today is a national monument and museum.

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Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1838

Its prime

1854

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1854

What Pena Palace looked like in its prime.

Perched on a rocky summit, the palace presents an eclectic silhouette of towers, domes and battlements painted in bright red, yellow and lilac-tiled facades. Stone bastions, crenellated terraces and cylindrical towers punctuate the roofline; a tall red clock tower rises above restored walls. The main façade features an ornate carved stone portal with twisted columns and a large decorative window, all set against the Sintra forest and winding parkland.

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12 places to explore in 1854.

The record describes 12 distinct spots at Pena Palace, including 4 interiors: manueline-renaissance chapel, preserved convent cloister, royal dining room (interior state rooms) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Exterior approach from Pena ParkMain gateway and drawbridgeQueen's Terrace (terrace and sundial cannon)Clock tower (base and exterior)Arches Yard in front of the chapelManueline-Renaissance chapelPreserved convent cloisterRoyal dining room (interior state rooms)Sacristy (convent section)Palatial zone and cylindrical bastionQueen's Fern Garden and park pathMain façade ornate window and carved portal

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