Sintra

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Sintra is a city in the west of Portugal and has a population of 377,835 (2011).

Cultural Landscape of Sintra[edit]

In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines in the surrounding serra, created a unique combination of parks and gardens which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe.[1]

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/723

External links[edit]

Categories: [Portuguese Cities and Towns] [World Heritage Sites]

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