Sign in with Facebook"National Palace of Queluz" Queluz by NunoF
Queluz Travel Guide: 35 reviews and 163 photos
In 1747, D. Pedro, younger son of King Jo?o V, commissioned Mateus Vicente to transfore his 17th-century hunting lodge into a Rococo summer palace (this lodge was a former property of the Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo, but it was confiscated after the Restauration in 1640).
The central section, including a music room and chapel was then built, but after Pedro's marriage in 1760 to the future Queen Maria I, the palace was again extended. The French architect, Jean-Baptiste Robillion, added the sumptuous Pavilion and gardens, cleared space for the Throne Room and redesigned the Music Room.
Since then the Queluz Palace is sometimes compared to the Versailles Palace because of all that sumptuous new rooms. Unfortunately they aren't in their best conditions, everytime i travel abroad I always think about it when I visit some beautiful palaces and castles wich are kept in good conditions.
Reviews (6)
National Palace of Queluz (5)
Things to Do
(5)
This is the Don Quixote chamber, where our King Pedro IV was born and died. The chamber has this name because the... more travel advice
National Palace of Queluz (1)
Things to Do
(5)
Sometimes when I look at these pictures I almost think that they weren't taken in Portugal, although the state rooms... more travel advice
National Palace of Queluz (2)
Things to Do
(5)
The Hanging Gardens designed by Robillion, were built over arches, raising the ground in front of the palace above the... more travel advice
National Palace of Queluz (3)
Things to Do
(5)
The Gardens were (as the main building) made as they were in France in Versailles... Please see my travelogues where I... more travel advice
NunoF's Related Pages
-
Sintra
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Aveiro
-
Covilhã
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Belmonte
-
Fátima
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Setúbal
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Palmela
-
Almada
-
Serra de Arrábida
-
Lagos
-
Madeira Island
-
Palma de Mallorca
Top 5 Page for this destination
-
Copenhagen
-
Vienna
-
France
-
Denmark
Queluz Travel Guide
Member Travel Pages
- "An ancient suburb"
- "So much to see in one small place..did I say SMALL"
- "Queluz"
- "Tiles in the corridor of the Sleeves"
- "A Portuguese Versailles"
- "Queluz Palace (Queluz/Sintra)"
- "Queluz, Portugal"
- See All...
Explore the World
Badges & Stats in Queluz
- 6 Reviews
- 30 Photos
- 0 Forum posts
- 1 Comments
- 1,593PageViews
- See All Stats
- See All Badges (7)
Have you been to Queluz?
Share Your TravelsLatest Activity in Queluz
- Posted in Technical Help Forum "Re: Re: pictures not uploading"
- Uploaded a Photo to "The Gardens"
- created a Queluz Travelogue "The Gardens"
- Wrote a Review National Palace of Queluz (5) in Queluz Things to Do
Top 10 Pages
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Palma de Mallorca
Intro, 19 reviews, 52 photos, 4 travelogues
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Sintra
Intro, 23 reviews, 40 photos, 2 travelogues
-
Copenhagen
Intro, 17 reviews, 20 photos
-
Queluz
Intro, 6 reviews, 30 photos, 3 travelogues
-
Vienna
13 reviews, 20 photos, 1 travelogue
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Setúbal
Intro, 5 reviews, 26 photos, 3 travelogues
-
Top 5 Page for this destination
Fátima
Intro, 9 reviews, 20 photos, 1 travelogue
-
Lagos
Intro, 11 reviews, 14 photos
-
Palmela
Intro, 6 reviews, 19 photos, 2 travelogues
-
France
Intro, 22 photos, 4 travelogues
Spa and Resort
Historical Travel
Castles and PalacesLatest Queluz hotel reviews
- Dona Maria I Pousada Queluz
- 47 Reviews & Opinions
Latest: May 16, 2013
Comments (1)
glad I don't have children. Well maybe later i just carry them on my back... :)