Romantic Palacete, 'A Quinta Do Saldanha' Was Built In 1830

As we enter the gardens of the mansion, we begin to breathe the timeless atmosphere of the current of romanticism, and you can almost hear a waltz and the laughter left by the time, large Halls with frescoes painted on the ceiling, gilded carving, princely suites, in the right wing of the mansion are built 3 3 bedroom apartments with large rooms, with 3 suites, terraces that offer views of the town centre houses.

This Romantic Palacete, ’A Quinta do Saldanha’ was built in 1830 by the Marquis of Saldanha, maternal grandson of the Marquis of Pombal prime minister of King D. José.

The Quinta which is located on the terrace of the mountain, below the Moorish Castle, offers a privileged look over the National Palace of Sintra.

’The Italian House’, was designed by an Italian Architect of great prestige at the time, elaborated a project of a semicircular building and where Italian workers and artists were employed to paint the frescoes both outside and inside.

In 1840 the Quinta was sold to an English family.

The Italian House returned to the possession of the descendants of the mother of the Duke of Saldanha who was the daughter of the first Marquis of Pombal for her second marriage to D. Ernestina Wolfange

The Italian House has on the ceiling of its entrance portico a coat of arms with the painted weapons of the daughter - the Countess of Rio Maior - D. Amália de Carvalho Daun and Lorena de Saldanha Oliveira e Sousa.

The Coat of Arms has an Eagle with a key in its mouth that comes from the Daun Arms and symbolizes the story that the first Count of Daun was arrested by a rival and imprisoned in a Tower of a Bohemia Castle.

At the beginning of the 19th century the Italian House was once again inhabited by the Saldanha family who donat the highest house as part of the Quinta to the Patriarchate of Lisbon and sells the Italian House to an English family.

In December 1987 the Italian House is sold again, suffering for 2 years, restoration works both abroad and inside.

With a number of possibilities for this property, indescritiveis by words.

Sintra is the true and only capital of Romanticism. - ’Sintra is the only place in the country where history has been made garden’.
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