Sintra (santa Maria e São Miguel, Lisbon

Following a project dating from 1963, Quinta Nova de S. Pedro - Sintra was built during the first half of the 60's and completely restored in the middle of the 80's. Located in a total area of 35, 000 m2, the main building has total of 900 m2, divided into halls, rooms and support facilities. It also has a caretaker's house, annexes for housing animals, tennis court, swimming pool, pool support annex, water tank supplied by a natural spring, and a vast area of garden and forest park divided between lawns and various plant species.S. Pedro de Sintra, as well as the town of Sintra, has always been a place of choice, thanks to its mild summers and mild winters, as a result of the specific microclimate caused by the natural conditions provided by the Serra de Sintra.A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Historic Center of Sintra, in which the property is located, represents a unique setting in the world in terms of landscape richness, justified by its surroundings of great natural and architectural beauty, denoting a combination of traces in deep harmony. with the surrounding natural environment; Quinta Nova represents a clear example of this situation. Presenting a design with various examples of what is traditional Portuguese architecture, but with a deep rationality in the use of interior spaces.Several illustrious figures, elected this area as a place of choice, as a reference, the Kings of Spain, at the time of their exile, had in S. Pedro de Sintra one of their refuges.