The National Palace, Sintra by José Custódio Vieira da Silva

The National Palace of Sintra is one of Portugal s most frequently visited monuments - and for good reason. The palace at Sintra is one of the most famous royal residences of medieval Europe; It is also one of the most well -preserved.
Parts remain of the mid-fourteenth-century palace including significant buildings commissioned by Don João I -as do the successive additions made to it in the fifteenth century, during the reigns of Dom Duarte and Dom Afonso V.
In recent years, the Palace of Sintra has re-emerged as one of the most important cultural poles in the heart of Sintra.

128 pages.
Profusely illustrated.
Very well maintained.
Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico