Palácio de Monserrate

Posted by Arco-Íris (Leiria, Portugal) on 7 February 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Sugestivo palacete romântico cujo projecto se deve ao arquitecto James Knowles Jr., 1858. construido no terceiro quartel do século XIX, por iniciativa de Francis Cook, visconde de Monserrate, constitui um dos mais interessantes espécimes sintrenses do Romantismo.

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Comments (23)

M.E. from Encino, United States

intricate and elegant!

are those birds of paradise?

7 Feb 2007 12:13am

@M.E.: Yes they are.

purelysnow from Chengdu, China

Beautiful building - I like touches of orange in the picture.

7 Feb 2007 1:29am

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

Such amazingly detailed decoration - you know, today I can't think of a single building that would be built with such abundant intricacy. Simply gorgeous.

7 Feb 2007 1:50am

Anne from White Rock, Canada

This is a really nice picture of a beautiful building. Bronnie is right - they just don't build anything with such detailed decoration anymore!

7 Feb 2007 2:08am

Makoto from Sapporo, Japan

Beautiful decoration on this building. And this composition is very nice too. Fine shot, badala. I like this.

7 Feb 2007 4:55am

Prashanth from Bengalooru, India

nice capture!! lovely architectural work on the building!

7 Feb 2007 5:17am

Still from Valence, France

What a lovely construction. Fine stonelace....

7 Feb 2007 7:39am

Angry Buddha from United States

Incredible architecture! This looks like it took a long time to build.

7 Feb 2007 9:17am

Neumann [Sdrig] from Cormons, Italy

Thanks!
Really nice picture...

7 Feb 2007 10:24am

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

Nice details on this building, simple shape but turned to be interesting in the end, good perspective!

7 Feb 2007 12:56pm

Bhaven from Mumbai, India

Loved the colors. Nice shot !!

7 Feb 2007 1:05pm

White Tea from Lisbon, Portugal

Boa fotografia de um lindissimo Palacio encantado!
Gostei!

7 Feb 2007 1:14pm

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Nice capture! Very romantic colours!

7 Feb 2007 1:33pm

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Thank you all for the nice comments!

7 Feb 2007 2:29pm

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Fascinating architecture.

7 Feb 2007 2:38pm

Matthieu from Stains, France

Lovely architecture, good picture

7 Feb 2007 3:16pm

Kaushal from Netherlands

WOW!!! What a beautiful frame! Execllent work Badala! Just out of curiosity, where is this place?

7 Feb 2007 3:41pm

@Kaushal: Sintra, Portugal.

Ahraht from Loures, Portugal

As cores desta fotografia estão especialmente boas. O palácio depois de reconstruído ficou maravilhoso. O parque de Monserrate é de facto uma delícia. Boa foto.

7 Feb 2007 5:42pm