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SINTRA, PORTUGAL - JULY, 06, 2019: The Arches Yard, chapel and clock tower of Palacio da Pena, Sintra, Portugal. Royalty Free Stock Photo

SINTRA, PORTUGAL - JULY, 06, 2019: The Arches Yard, chapel and clock tower of Palacio da Pena, Sintra, Portugal.

The Pena Palace, Palacio da Pena in Portuguese, is a Romanticist castle in Sao Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. The Pena Palace has a profusion of styles much in accordance with the exotic taste of the Romanticism. The intentional mixture of eclectic styles includes the Neo-Gothic, Neo-Manueline, Neo-Islamic and Neo-Renaissance. It is a national monument and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. Sintra, Portugal, Europe.