decoration of Kings' Room, Quinta da Regaleira
The Kings' Room is part of the palace of Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal. Immediately beneath the ceiling is a series of royal portraits: 20 kings and four queens, plus the coats-of-arms of four Portuguese cities. It was formerly the billiard room of the house.
The Quinta da Regaleira is the palace and surrounding four-hectare gardens built by António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro, a Portuguese millionaire, between 1904-10. He employed the Italian architect Luigi Manini to create the neo-Manueline main house and to design the gardens which are filled with curious buildings, follies, grottoes, towers and tunnels. The design of the garden is said to represent an initiate's metaphysical journey through the cosmos towards enlightenment.
decoration of Kings' Room, Quinta da Regaleira
The Kings' Room is part of the palace of Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal. Immediately beneath the ceiling is a series of royal portraits: 20 kings and four queens, plus the coats-of-arms of four Portuguese cities. It was formerly the billiard room of the house.
The Quinta da Regaleira is the palace and surrounding four-hectare gardens built by António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro, a Portuguese millionaire, between 1904-10. He employed the Italian architect Luigi Manini to create the neo-Manueline main house and to design the gardens which are filled with curious buildings, follies, grottoes, towers and tunnels. The design of the garden is said to represent an initiate's metaphysical journey through the cosmos towards enlightenment.