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The Palace of Ramalhão is a neoclassical Palace in
(Portuguese) Palácio e Quinta do Ramalhão
The Palace of Ramalhão is a neoclassical Palace in Sintra
Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...
, Portugal. The palace has its origins in a small farm that was enlarged into a palace by Luis Garcia de Bivar in 1470. It was at this palace where Queen Carlota Joaquina
Don (honorific), Doña Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830) was List of Portuguese royal consorts, Queen of Portugal and List of Brazilian royal consorts, Brazil as the wife of King Dom John VI of Portuga ...
frequently stayed after 1802, and where she was exiled after refusing to swear to the Portuguese Constitution of 1822
The Portuguese Constitution of 1822 (formally the Political Constitution of the Portuguese Monarchy) () approved on 23 September 1822 was the first Portugal, Portuguese constitution, marking an attempt to end Absolute monarchy, absolutism and int ...
. The building is decorated in the Louis XVI style
Louis XVI style, also called ''Louis Seize'', is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration and art which developed in France during the 19-year reign of Louis XVI (1774–1792), just before the French Revolution. It saw the final phase of t ...
. The palace interior includes exotic frescos attributed to the painter Manuel da Costa, one of the decorators of the Palace of Queluz
The Palace of Queluz (, ) is an 18th-century palace located at Queluz, Portugal, Queluz, a city of the Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District, on the Portuguese Riviera. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe,Lownde ...
.
See also
*Carlota Joaquina of Spain
Doña Carlota Joaquina Teresa Cayetana of Spain (25 April 1775 – 7 January 1830) was Queen of Portugal and Brazil as the wife of King Dom John VI. She was the daughter of King Don Charles IV of Spain and Maria Luisa of Parma.
...
* Sintra
Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...
Sources
(Portuguese) Palácio e Quinta do Ramalhão
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