Sintra

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sintra

2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Sintra.

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UNESCO sites in Sintra

  • Cultural Landscape of SintraCultural · 1995 · 4 km

    In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish …

  • Royal Building of Mafra – Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco Garden and Hunting Park (Tapada)Cultural · 2019 · 16 km

    Located 30 km northwest of Lisbon, the property was conceived by King João V in 1711 as a tangible representation of his conception of the monarchy and the State. This imposing quadrangular building houses the king’s and…

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