The Lisbon Connection A Lisbon guide from the inside. The National Palace in Queluz is one of Lisbon’s top tourist attractions, easy to reach by train from Lisbon or from Sintra. From outside the palace looks romantic, but what has been happening behind these walls when the Portuguese royal family lived here, about 2. National Palace in Queluz Lisbon district & wonderful French- styled garden.

1. Peter Vaughan, Actor: Brazil. A true character actor in the best sense of the word, offbeat British thespian Peter Vaughan's hefty frame could appear intimidating or.
2. Directed by Bille August. With Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck. Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss Professor, abandons his lectures and buttoned.

History of Portugal & exorbitant decorated rooms in Rococo style While walking around in the many exorbitant decorated rooms of the National Palace in Queluz (Palácio in Portuguese , you realize that a ‘one afternoon’ visit is too short. Each room represents a piece of history of Portugal, as well as of Brazil. The information in English is quite basic, unfortunately. In case you don’t like a group tour guide: there’s real good info at f. Wikipedia. National Palace in Queluz & Robillion staircase: ingeniously designed steps adorned with statuary.

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Discovery of Brazilian gold & the wealth of Portuguese colonies. Queluz’s Palace architecture is representative of the final extravagant period of Portuguese culture that followed the discovery of Brazilian gold in 1. The National Palace in Queluz & You. Tube video: an impression. Brazil was a Portuguese colony from 1. Portuguese is still the language of the majority of people in Brazil.

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National Palace in Queluz & one of the 2 sphynxes dressed in 1. Foreign artists, architects & newly enriched aristocracy. From the beginning of the 1. Portugal to satisfy the needs of the newly enriched aristocracy; they brought with them classical ideas of architecture which derived from the Renaissance. In its design, Queluz is a revolt against the earlier, heavier, Italian- influenced Baroque which preceded the Rococo style throughout Europe. National Palace in Queluz district Lisbon, the ballroom & some tourists , June 2. Royal residence from 1.

Queen Maria I : a very sad story. Dom Pedro III started the construction of the Palácio de Queluz in 1.

He married his 1. D. Maria, Princess of Brazil, (1. The couple had a happy marriage and they got six children. But queen Maria suffered from religious mania and melancholia.

This acute mental illness (perhaps due to porphyria) made her incapable of handling state affairs after 1. National Palace in Queluz district Lisbon & “Sala de Mangas” (Japonese drawings) decorated with tile panels (azulejos) illustrating the wealth of Portugal’s colonies. Ajuda Palace destroyed by fire When the palace of Ajuda burnt down in 1. Queluz Palace, where the ill queen Maria would lie in her apartments all day. Visitors would complain of terrible screams that would echo throughout the palace. Her condition worsened after the death of her husband and the deaths from smallpox of her elder son and her daughter and their infant son. Maria died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 8. More……National Palace in Queluz district Lisbon & one of the excessive decorated rooms.

The juicy story about Queen Carlota Joaquina (‘the fury’ of Queluz)Queen Maria’s second son João(John, nicknamed ‘the Clement‘), took over the government in her name. In 1. 81. 6, he succeeded his mother as monarch of the Portuguese Empire . On May 8, 1. 78. 5 Carlota Joaquina (1. Spain was officially married to the future king João VI. The marriage was not consummated until 9 January 1.

Carlota was 1. 5 years old.–Doña Carlota Joaquina of Spain (Carlota Joaquina de Borbón y Borbón- Parma). Picture: Wikipedia. Marriage Joaquina Carlota & João (John) VI & nine handsome children. Joaquina’s husband was good- natured, indolent, corpulent and almost as ugly as she was. His religious observances bored her, and they were quite incompatible. Nevertheless, she gave birth to nine children and, because they were all handsome, it was rumoured that especially the younger ones had a different father.

National Palace in Queluz district Lisbon & the empire bedroom. Sexual orgies After the birth of the ninth child the couple began to live separate lives. It was rumoured that Joaquina had bought a retreat where she indulged in sexual orgies. Source: Vortexmagazine, Wiki. Pedia. Several Moviesand TV series have been made about Carlota Joaquina‘s life.

She had a bad reputation: infidel, manipulative and nymphomaniac. Carlota was religious, faced men and also transgressed the social norms of the time, which caused her to have many conflicts, also with the Portuguese authorities. Movie trailer You. Tube (English spoken) Carlota Joaquina Princesa do Brazil National Palace in Queluz district Lisbon & “Sala de Mangas” decorated with beautiful tile panels. Napoleon Bonaparte & transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil in 1.

Anticipating the invasion of Napoleon’s army, Joaquina’s husband João VI ordered the transfer of the Portuguese royal court to Brazil before he could be deposed. Carlota Joaquina fought until the last minute not to leave for Brazil, asked for help from her parents, but diplomatic agreements made it difficult for Spanish kings to participate in Portuguese affairs.

National Palace in Queluz district Lisbon & entrance restaurant June 2. Carlota Joaquina & caipirinha, Brazilian’s famous cocktail. Caipirinha is the national drink in Brasil and also very popular in Portugal. It is said that Carlota Joaquinainvented the drink when she lived in Brazil, mixing her beloved Cachaça liquor(a spirit distilled from fermented sugarcane juice) with fruit and sugar.

Supposedly, she drank incredible quantities of the liquor, and the palace had to order dozens of bottles for her each month. Delicious! Caipirinha Recipe (and video)Ingredients of the caipirinha. Picture: Wikipedia‘Secret Histories of Portuguese kings’“The nymphomaniac wife of King João VI, Carlota Joaquina, will have been the ‘inventor of caipirinha“, according to writer and journalist Alexandre Borges. Book: ‘Histórias Secretas de Reis Portugueses’ (‘Secret Histories of Portuguese Kings’), in a new edition. As the Napoleon wars ended, Carlota returned with the king and the family to Portugal in 1. She diedat the Queluz Palace in 1.

It is speculated whether she died because of natural causes or whether she, in fact, killed herself. National Palace in Queluz Lisbon district. On the assassination Carlos I in 1.

Portugal was in the turmoil of revolution and the monarchy fell two years later.  Since 1. Worth a visit! Short- time rentals, 5 minutes walk from starting point tram 2. Mouraria: my 3- bedroom authentic apartment with lovely patio, 1. Prices, opening times & how to get to the Palace in Queluz from Lisbon. Location: Largo do Palácio, Queluz, Portugal.

Open everyday, except main public holidays, from 1. Palace and Gardens 5 €, Gardens 3. More info. Train: Lisbon- Sintra line, get off at Queluz/Belas (ca.

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