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Condes de Castro Guimarães Palace

Portugal · 19th century

Founded
1900
Style
Neo-Manueline
Heritage status
Immovable Cultural Heritage of Public Interest
Location
Cascais e Estoril
Coordinates
38.6921°, -9.42168°
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Condes de Castro Guimarães Palace in Portugal
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Palácio dos Condes de Castro Guimarães, originally known as the Torre de São Sebastião (St Sebastian's Tower), was built in 1900 as an aristocrat’s summer residence in Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal. It became a museum in 1931. The building follows an eclectic architectural style, while the museum includes paintings of national and international significance, furniture, porcelain, jewellery and a neo-Gothic organ.

Text adapted from “Palácio dos Condes de Castro Guimarães” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Condes de Castro Guimarães Palace ranks #5,336 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #81 of the 212 mapped in Portugal. Founded 1900, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,172 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 21 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sintra, 12 km away. See how Portugal compares in the castle statistics.

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