The mystical and magic Village of Sintra - Portugal!

Hello everyone! Today I will show you my little adventure to the fantastic and mysterious Village of Sintra, it is a Village near to Lisbon the country’s capital. This is one of the most emblematic and historical village of the country. Many fall in love with it, because of its climate, landscapes, its houses and mainly all the mystery that exists in it.

Due the short time I had, this was a short ride, so I didn't had time to visit inside the museums and palaces. But I leave the promise here, that in a future post I will show you the wonders of those places in detail.

The Regaleira’s palace and the surrounding garden were built at the beginning of the 20th century, its enormous garden is full of mystery to be explored, such as underground tunnels and wells that at the time served as an infrastructure for Masonic, Templar and other rituals. It also has in its center the Regaleira’s palace (shown in the photograph). This space reveals varied traces of Gothic, Romanesque, Manueline and Renaissance architecture.

This is a detail in the garden, a simple but magnificent antique lamp.

Another tower with wonderful sculptures inside the garden itself.

Here you can see the fantastic and enigmatic tunnels that according to some historians, were part of initiation rituals to Masonry, all have a different symbolic meaning.

Now leaving the context of the palace, I met a very nice friend who made me lose some time just to play with it. XD

A monument that can be seen from almost the entire town of Sintra is the Pena’S Palace. This palace dates back to the 19th century, but the bases of its construction are much older, since before this, existed in the same place a chapel built in the 15THcentury, which was later transformed into a monastery in the 16th century. This will be a topic to be addressed in one publication, since there is much to tell about that.

Finally at night, but still with things to do, I went to the National Palace of Sintra, (yes one more palace!) A building where even lived the kings of Portugal, unfortunately I didn’t had time to see inside nor much of its outside due to construction works.

And this my friends was my little stroll through the wonderful village of Sintra on an autumn day.

I hope you have enjoyed it and may have awaken your interest in this magical place.

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