Cultural Landscape of Sintra
The UNESCO Cultural Landscape of Sintra links the wooded Serra with historic palaces, fortifications, parks and gardens. The map pin marks the Lakes Entrance to the Park of Pena, one way into this larger landscape.
Sintra — palaces and gardens across the Serra
Above the historic town, wooded slopes connect the bright silhouette of Pena with the stone ramparts of the Moorish Castle.
UNESCO describes how Ferdinand II made a palace and park around the former monastery at Pena in the nineteenth century. Pena’s planted slopes and the older ridge fortifications let visitors read two uses of the same terrain: a high position for watching the surrounding country and a setting for a Romantic garden.
Written by Le Roi du Voyage. It sets out what is documented, not what is worth seeing.
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Parques de Sintra — directions and mapped entrances factory-dossier-b35c6cc24408b79047150ccc. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Parques de Sintra — Pena entry and access arrangements factory-dossier-b35c6cc24408b79047150ccc. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Parques de Sintra — views from the Moorish Castle factory-dossier-b35c6cc24408b79047150ccc. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre — Cultural Landscape of Sintra factory-dossier-b35c6cc24408b79047150ccc. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre — extent of the inscribed property factory-dossier-b35c6cc24408b79047150ccc. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
Wikimedia Commons — original photograph and licence factory-dossier-b35c6cc24408b79047150ccc. Supplies: summary, editorial, media_review. Reliability 3/5.
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