Portugal Abandoned Mansions In the first quarter of the 20th century, the property was sold to domingos parreira who, upon his death, left it to his nephew’s family, under whose ownership the building fell into ruin. to add to the mystery, its location is guarded as a state secret, according to the wonderful blog ruinarte. convento de s. francisco do monte. In today's video, i travel to portugal and document one of the most incredible abandoned places in the world. the palace of the patriarchs is a once summer r.
This Abandoned House In Portugal Would Have Been Beautiful At One Stage This 88 foot deep well is located on the land of quinta da regaleira, near the town of sintra, portugal. the well was never used as a well and, in fact, was never built to serve as a water resource at all. it was actually built for secret ceremonial purposes. The five floor palace mixes neo gothic, italian neo renaissance, and manueline (16th century, ornate portuguese) styles. the quinta — or estate — surrounding the mansion and its above ground chapel contain various grottoes, statues, water features, an underground tunnel system, and perhaps most famously, an initiation well. Quinta das Águias. quinta das Águias, or manor of eagles, is another abandoned palace quite close to the burnay palace between lisbon’s alcântara and belém neighborhoods. the 18th century mansion features crumbling architecture now in a serious state of disrepair. a portuguese statesman and diplomat, dom diogo de mendonça corte real. Portugal, braga, palmeira: villa from 1912 in the eclectic neoromantic style. the personal representative monument of the millionaire heiress francisca peixoto de sousa is probably one of the best known building projects of the swiss born architect ernesto korrodi, who later moved to portugal and is considered one of the pioneers of art nouveau.
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