Sintra

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

## Contents

* 1 Cultural Landscape of Sintra
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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]

## See also[edit]

* List of World Heritage Sites in Europe and North America

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Official website of the city of Sintra