Tábua, Coimbra 3420

The Mides Palace is an architectural ensemble, with a gross construction area of about 3, 200 m consisting of 6 buildings dating back to the seventeenth century: The Mides Palace, The Viscountess Manor, the Almeida Veiga Manor, The Cellar / Mill, Caretaker's House and Agricultural Support House. All properties are contiguous and form a single block in the centre of the village of Mides.Palace Of MidesThe property consists of a Palace, with an all-granite structure, for housing, with two Towers and several accessory constructions, namely a well, totalling about 40 divisions, arranged over 5 floors. Its inner beauty, with magnificent frescoes and stuccoes, require an intervention.Total Land Area:Gross Built Area:1, 040 mGross floor area: 520 mManor House Of ViscountessThe Solar da Viscondessa, with 3 floors, adjacent to the palace, considerably increases the body of the building, making this architectural ensemble, something of singular value throughout Portugal.Although it is in ruins, two urban items are part of this property, totalling approximately:Total land area: 898.11m2Building implantation area: 428.28 m2Gross construction area: 730.58 m2Solar Almeida VeigaSolar Almeida Veiga, adjacent to the Palace, is a manor house with 3 floors, adjacent to the Palace that faces Largo Valverde.Total land area: 479.04 mBuilding implantation area: 231.18 mGross construction area: 375.09 mWINERY/MILLThe Winery / Mill all in Granite Stone, with terraced staircases, is a unique building that until recently kept one of the best wines of the Do demarcated region, produced with the berries of Touriga NacionalTotal land area: 219 mBuilding implantation area: 219 mGross construction area: 219 mCaretaker's HouseThis house supports the manor house has a beautiful Camellia garden and a handmade well all in stone.Total land area: 515 mBuilding implantation area: 165 mGross construction area: 280 mAgricultural Support HouseThis house that served as a warehouse not only for the products of the harvests, but also for implements and is located at the back of the Palace.Total land area: 225 mBuilding implantation area: 225 mGross construction area: 225 mThe Palace of Mides is located in the centre of the village of Mides, in the demarcated region of Do, in the municipality of Tbua, and was built by Dr. Csar Ribeiro de Abranches Castelo-Branco, 2nd Viscount of Mides, Lord of the House of the Viscounts of Mides, and Judge of the Supreme Court.It is one of the most emblematic national palaces, and is also known as the Palace of the Four Seasons, as it is topped by the four allegorical sculptures located above the main entrance, each representing a season: spring, summer, autumn and winter.The Palace is an important and important historical landmark at a national level. It was the last bastion of the House of Mides, one of the oldest and noblest families of Mides, the Ribeiro Abranches de Castello Branco.