The Stag Room references a similar space at the Mafra Palace. Gentlemen retired after dinner to the Smoking Room decorated in Islamic style with Portuguese oak furniture. It was built between 18 and is set in a lush garden. The Chalet and Garden of the Countess of Edla is done in Alpine style. Note the Meissen porcelain, Spanish furniture and superb ceiling. The Queen's Office was the working space of both the Countess of Edla and later Queen Amelia. The room and adjoining pantry are preserved with the original 19th century porcelain tableware enjoyed by the royal family.
The former refectory of the convent was transformed by King Ferdinand into the royal Dining Room. The Dressing Room of Queen Amelia adjoins an exquisite Tea Room where the Queen would enjoy her morning and afternoon tea. The Green Room is an antechamber to the Sitting Room and retains its original chiaroscuro design complete with busts of monarchs and an allegory of winter. Spectacular in design is the Sitting Room, the work of Paolo Pizzi containing the room's original and opulent furnishings. The king was assassinated in Praça do Comércio in Lisbon before they could be finished. The Chambers of King Carlos, Ferdinand's grandson, include his unfinished erotic tapestries depicting nymphs and fawns from the gardens. The ornate decoration is in Neo-Mudéjar style with painted plaster. The Bedroom of Ferdinand II was where the king broke convention and shared his sleeping space with the Countess of Edla after the death of his first wife. The Palácio da Pena has many distinct areas reflecting its use as summer residence, a religious space and also an office lay out for the royal family. Pena Palace in Sintra is brightly painted in contrasting colors - here the Arches Yard, chapel and clock tower Palace King Carlos I (1863-1908), his wife Queen Amelie of Orleans (1865-1951) and their son Manuel II also used the palace as a summer retreat.įollowing the Republican Revolution of 1910 the palace became a national monument and museum. She subsequently sold the property to King Luís (1838-1889). The vault arches and the Islamic and Medieval aspects of the design including the Manueline window, a copy of the famed window in the Convento de Cristo in Tomar are among the features ordered by the royal couple.Īfter Ferdinand's death the palace became the property of his second wife, the Swiss-American actress and opera singer, Elisa Hensler, Countess of Edla. King Ferdinand and Queen Maria II also had extensive say in the design.
The job of designing the new palace was given to the amateur German architect, Baron Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege, and construction took place from 1842 to 1854. He was charmed and fascinated by this little chapel and the ghostly ruins of the monastery so acquired the site (along with the nearby Castle of the Moors) and set out rebuilding what had been the old monastery as a royal summer residence. The king consort in the mid-19th century, Ferdinand II, was a German by birth. The chapel, by contrast, survived virtually intact. In the 18th century, the monastery was first struck by lightning, and then, more seriously, by the 1755 Great Lisbon Earthquake. Jerome's monastery was added and was acquired by the Hieronymite Order. Years later during the reign of King Manuel I, St. Pena Palace began in the 14th century as a small chapel built on a hill, dedicated to Our Lady of Pena. The decorative façade of the palace with the Manueline statue of Triton History
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