Quinta da Regaleira annually attracts the attention of thousands of visitors as an interesting, mysterious and ambiguous place. The manor was built in the 19th century. for a very rich, educated and enlightened man of his time - Antó nio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro. It is said that Monteiro was a Freemason, so his palace and park are full of Masonic symbols and perhaps even secret Masonic rites, rituals and initiations were held there.
Quinta da Regaleira Palace combines several styles - here you can see Manueline windows and portals, Renaissance decor and Gothic gargoyles and towers. The interiors of the palace are no less luxurious than its exterior. True, a certain emptiness is felt everywhere: today little has been preserved from the once richest furnishings and collections.
The house is surrounded by a lush exotic garden full of secrets and mysteries.
This park was conceived as the earthly incarnation of the Garden of Eden, as the abode of philosophy, understandable only to the elite. Pavilions and statues, secret passages and stairs, grottoes and tunnels, benches and pavilions, man-made lakes and terraces - all this is shrouded in a mysterious and hidden meaning. But the most mysterious place here is the 30-meter Inverted Tower or the Well of Initiation. The entrance here is disguised and almost invisible from the outside, and inside a spiral gallery is carved, which has 9 levels, symbolizing, described by Dante, 9 circles of hell.
A ticket to Quinta da Regaleira costs 6 euros and you will definitely not regret it if you take 3-4 hours to visit it. Each visitor is given a map with a detailed diagram, according to which you can find all the secluded places of the estate.
Want to see with your own eyes - tours to Portugal, Travel Agency "Hot Line", www. hot. com. ua, +38(044)592-24-26, +38(050)418-7505, +38(067)440-3682
Quinta da Regaleira Palace combines several styles - here you can see Manueline windows and portals, Renaissance decor and Gothic gargoyles and towers. The interiors of the palace are no less luxurious than its exterior. True, a certain emptiness is felt everywhere: today little has been preserved from the once richest furnishings and collections.
The house is surrounded by a lush exotic garden full of secrets and mysteries.
This park was conceived as the earthly incarnation of the Garden of Eden, as the abode of philosophy, understandable only to the elite. Pavilions and statues, secret passages and stairs, grottoes and tunnels, benches and pavilions, man-made lakes and terraces - all this is shrouded in a mysterious and hidden meaning. But the most mysterious place here is the 30-meter Inverted Tower or the Well of Initiation. The entrance here is disguised and almost invisible from the outside, and inside a spiral gallery is carved, which has 9 levels, symbolizing, described by Dante, 9 circles of hell.
A ticket to Quinta da Regaleira costs 6 euros and you will definitely not regret it if you take 3-4 hours to visit it. Each visitor is given a map with a detailed diagram, according to which you can find all the secluded places of the estate.
Want to see with your own eyes - tours to Portugal, Travel Agency "Hot Line", www. hot. com. ua, +38(044)592-24-26, +38(050)418-7505, +38(067)440-3682
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