Photographs of
Portuguese Castles and Manor Houses

Preparations, state banquet in honor of Elizabeth II, 1957

Ajuda Palace, Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda (The Ajuda National Palace) is a neoclassical palace, built on the site of a temporory.wooden building constructed after the famous 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

Torre de Belém (Belém Tower or the Tower of St Vincent)

Santa Maria de Belém

Lisbon

Portugal

Cascais Citadel

Cascais

Portugal

Castelo de Évoramonte

Evoramonte (officially Évora Monte), Estremoz, Alentejo Central, Portugal.

Founded in 1160.

Castelo de São Jorge (Castle of São Jorge [Saint George]) Lisbon

Portugal

Castle of Saint George is a Moorish castle occupying a commanding hilltop overlooking the historic centre Lisbon.

Interior, Palácio de Monserrate (Monserrate Palace), Parque de Monserrate, 2710-405 Sintra, Portugal

The Monserrate Palace is an exotic palatial villa near Sintra, Portugal, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court. It was built in 1858 for Sir Francis Cook, an English baronet who was created Visconde de Monserrate by King Luís.

Pena Palace

Sintra

Portugal

The Pena National Palace, São Pedro de Penaferrim, municipality of Sintra, Portugal.

The Pena National Palace, in Portuguese the Palácio Nacional da Pena, is a Romanticist palace on the top of a hill above the town of Sintra. On a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon

It is a national monument andnotable expression of 19th-century Romanticism. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal.

It is also used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic and by other government officials.

Pena Palace

Sintra

Portugal

Pena Palace, Sintra, Portugal