Stock photography picture of Monserrate Palace a romantic building near Sintra Portugal.

B09DCT - Licenced Caption Monserrate Palace a romantic building near Sintra Portugal. Description The designer of this little romantic palace was James Knowles, and was built in 1858 on the initiative of Francis Cook. Viscount Monserrate, being one of the most interesting examples of Sintra Romanticis. The building has a great circular tower, bulbous cupolas and exotic decoration. Similar to the Brighton Pavilion of Nash, and English Romanticism in Portugal. Situated about 4 miles from Sintra and is open all days for viewing Keywords A, romantic, small, palace, set, in, the, countryside, just, a, few, miles, from, Sintra,, which, is, not, far, from, the, captial, of, Portugal, Lisbon, (Lisboa).