architecture
National Palace of Sintra
Two enormous white kitchen chimneys rise above the tiled roofs of Sintra’s town palace.
The story behind the place
The National Palace of Sintra grew through centuries of royal use. Its most unmistakable forms are practical ones: two great conical chimneys above the kitchens. They were built in the fifteenth century during João I’s reign and rise around 33 metres from the kitchen floor. Look below them for the white walls, red-tiled roofs and pointed arches of the palace’s main range.
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- Restoration of the iconic chimneys of the National Palace of SintraParques de Sintra
