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Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.704269757554755, -9.409810756210511
Monte Estoril was like a fashionable seaside resort. From the time the royal family chose Cascais as a vacation spot and Kings D. Luís and D. Carlos settled in the Palácio da Cidadela to enjoy the months of September and October, the court and many aristocratic families accompanied them. It was an in place. It was worth seeing and being seen. Exotic Chalets were built, inspired by French, Swiss and English romantic and revivalist designs. Queen D. Maria Pia also acquired her mansion here.
"It was precisely in the winding streets of Monte Estoril, more especially in its highest place -Monte Palmela-, that a great construction boom was witnessed, which had its beginnings in 1889 with the creation of the Companhia do Monte Estoril and his ambition to turn that place into a luxury seaside resort, comparable to those seen at the time in the south of France", which were built, at the risk of architect Rafael Duarte de Melo, in the first decade of the 1900s, numerous summer houses, this time for the Lisbon city bourgeoisie, which intended to emulate the aristocracy.
His projects demonstrate homogeneity through the constant use of the art of wrought iron, tiles and, in general, the characteristics of the prevailing taste at the time in question, neo-Romanesque. The tile strips with which he adorned the facades of the houses he designed, gave the place "a new taste for elaborate decoration, which took advantage of the use of Art Nouveau tiles", in a perfect symbiosis with the other materials used in the building and the small gardens, well organized, following the French model.
Most of the houses designed by architect Rafael Duarte de Melo were built at the request of Manuel Ferreira dos Santos, a well-to-do "Brazilian", who wanted to invest in the promising area of Monte Estoril. Rafael Duarte de Melo's works are easy to identify "by the crowning of the central body, by the porched entrance, by the columns with their graceful capitals, the balcony railings, gates and walls with undulating wrought iron work, by the use of worked stone framing the windows" and still exist today, as is the case in Vila Malvina.
Vila Malvina, commissioned by Manuel Ferreira dos Santos for his summer residence, despite having been modernized, externally does not present any major changes compared to the initial project. It is worth highlighting the characteristic porch, marking the main entrance, preceded by a staircase. Large windows decorated with tile friezes or stonework, as well as the use of wrought iron structures, such as the pergola, are also part of his style.
Also, as was common at the time, he used polychromatic tile strips, in the Art Nouveau style, distributed throughout the building, in a clear contrast with the white of the masonry. Applied both to the main façade and to the sides, they are "artistic examples of excellent quality", highlighting themes of floral and vegetal inspiration.
Full list of Geochaching below:
https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc
Versão portuguesa aqui.
GPS 38.704269757554755, -9.409810756210511
Monte Estoril was like a fashionable seaside resort. From the time the royal family chose Cascais as a vacation spot and Kings D. Luís and D. Carlos settled in the Palácio da Cidadela to enjoy the months of September and October, the court and many aristocratic families accompanied them. It was an in place. It was worth seeing and being seen. Exotic Chalets were built, inspired by French, Swiss and English romantic and revivalist designs. Queen D. Maria Pia also acquired her mansion here.
"It was precisely in the winding streets of Monte Estoril, more especially in its highest place -Monte Palmela-, that a great construction boom was witnessed, which had its beginnings in 1889 with the creation of the Companhia do Monte Estoril and his ambition to turn that place into a luxury seaside resort, comparable to those seen at the time in the south of France", which were built, at the risk of architect Rafael Duarte de Melo, in the first decade of the 1900s, numerous summer houses, this time for the Lisbon city bourgeoisie, which intended to emulate the aristocracy.
His projects demonstrate homogeneity through the constant use of the art of wrought iron, tiles and, in general, the characteristics of the prevailing taste at the time in question, neo-Romanesque. The tile strips with which he adorned the facades of the houses he designed, gave the place "a new taste for elaborate decoration, which took advantage of the use of Art Nouveau tiles", in a perfect symbiosis with the other materials used in the building and the small gardens, well organized, following the French model.
Most of the houses designed by architect Rafael Duarte de Melo were built at the request of Manuel Ferreira dos Santos, a well-to-do "Brazilian", who wanted to invest in the promising area of Monte Estoril. Rafael Duarte de Melo's works are easy to identify "by the crowning of the central body, by the porched entrance, by the columns with their graceful capitals, the balcony railings, gates and walls with undulating wrought iron work, by the use of worked stone framing the windows" and still exist today, as is the case in Vila Malvina.
Vila Malvina, commissioned by Manuel Ferreira dos Santos for his summer residence, despite having been modernized, externally does not present any major changes compared to the initial project. It is worth highlighting the characteristic porch, marking the main entrance, preceded by a staircase. Large windows decorated with tile friezes or stonework, as well as the use of wrought iron structures, such as the pergola, are also part of his style.
Also, as was common at the time, he used polychromatic tile strips, in the Art Nouveau style, distributed throughout the building, in a clear contrast with the white of the masonry. Applied both to the main façade and to the sides, they are "artistic examples of excellent quality", highlighting themes of floral and vegetal inspiration.
Full list of Geochaching below:
https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc
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