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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.
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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. |
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R.Dettmann Wed Jan 7, 2004 02:18 UTC
glad I don't have children. Well maybe later i just carry them on my back... :) |
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