Visit Monserrate Palace, Sintra, Portugal

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The Monserrate Palace is an exotic palatial villa located near Sintra, Portugal, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court. A huge garden surrounds the palace. It's a lot like Pena Palace but with a lot less crouds. Monserrate was built on the site of a former chapel which was devastated by the 1755 earthquake. It was built for Sir Francis Cook, an English baronet created visconde de Monserrate by King Luís. Monserrate turned to an English architect, James Knowles Jr., for designs. Though its Moghul-inspired details are unique in Portugal, its eclecticism is a fine example of the Sintra Romanticism, along with other nearby palácios, such as the Pena Palace. The palace is a little dificult to reach by bus, but easy by taxi or car from Sintra.

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