Palast in Portugal - Palcio Nacional de Belm, Palcio Nacional Da Pena, Palcio Nacional de Mafra, Palcio Das Necessidades (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Palcio Nacional de Belm, Palcio Nacional Da Pena, Palcio Nacional de Mafra, Palcio Das Necessidades, Palcio Nacional de Queluz, Palcio Nacional Da Ajuda, Palcio de So Bento, Mateuspalast, Palcio Nacional de Sintra, Palcio Valmor. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Ajuda National Palace (Portuguese: ) is a neoclassical monument in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal. The Palace was built during the 19th century to be a residence for the kings of Portugal. The site where the Palace stands, in the neighbourhood of Ajuda, was previously occupied by the Royal Tent (Real Barraca), a wooden structure that housed King Jos I after the Ribeira Palace was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. After this wooden structure was destroyed by fire in 1794, during the reign of Queen Mary I and Prince John VI, a new Palace begun to be built by architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, who planned a late baroque-rococo building. The lower storeys of the towers of the Palace, with typical rococo windows, date from this time. In 1802, the project was entrusted to the Portuguese Jos da Costa e Silva and the Italian Francisco Xavier Fabri, who planned a magnificent building in the modern neoclassical style. In 1807 the Royal Family had to flee to Brazil, following the invasion of Portugal by French troops, and the works proceeded very slowly with Fabri taking charge of the project, later followed by Antnio Francisco Rosa. Lack of financial resources would cause the project to be greatly reduced in scale. View of the Winter Garden in the Ajuda Palace.The Palace became a permanent residence of the royal family during the reign of King Luis I (after 1861) and his wife, the Italian princess Maria Pia of Savoy. Their architect, Possidnio da Silva, introduced many aesthetic changes and turned one of the lateral faades into the main faade. After the death of her husband, Queen Maria Pia continued to live in the palace until a m...http://booksllc.net/?l=de