Monserrate Palace

The Monserrate Palace crowns its sloping lawn

The Monserrate Palace (Portuguese: Palácio de Monserrate) is an exotic palatial villa located near Sintra, Portugal, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court. It was restored in 1858 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.

Gothic Revival interiors

Trivia

The Monserrate Palace briefly appears on the 1996 TV miniseries Gulliver's Travels.

Cultural landscape of Sintra

Palaces	Monserrate Palace Pena National Palace Queluz National Palace Quinta da Regaleira Ramalhão Palace Seteais Palace Sintra National Palace

Religious	Igreja de Santa Maria (Sintra) Convent of the Capuchos (Sintra)

Nature	Cabo da Roca Praia da Adraga

Civic	Sintra Natural History Museum Archaeological Museum of São Miguel de Odrinhas Castle of the Moors (Sintra)

Miscellaneous	Fountain of Armés

Coordinates: 38°47′39″N 9°25′14″W / 38.7942°N 9.4206°W / 38.7942; -9.4206

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