GPS 38.70009530816357, -9.302058150159946

Life and work

Soares dos Passos (1826/1860). With his full name António Augusto Soares dos Passos, he was raised among the liberal petty bourgeoisie of Porto. Having learned languages, he read French, English and even German romantics from a young age, probably through French translations.

He went to Coimbra where he graduated in law (1854) and there he lived with Alexandre Braga and other future editors of O Novo Trovador, which he helped found in 1851, and in which he collaborated assiduously. He returns to Porto, where he practices law.

He dies of tuberculosis, after having become a true idol of Porto's literary salons, having collaborated on “A Grinalda” and “O Bardo”, “a newspaper of verses”, where he published in June 1852, the famous popular ballad of provincial funeral romanticism , recited and sung in melopeia, with piano accompaniment, countless times. He translated, in free versions, Ossian, Uhland and Heine. Soares dos Santos has been considered a paradigmatic poet of the so-called Ultra-Romanticism. He published a single book, Poesias (1856).

Sculptor Álvaro Carneiro

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GPS 38.69979195462039, -9.23223517074127

O Palácio Ribamar é um edifício do século XVIII em Algés, mandado construir pelo Conde do Vimioso, D. Francisco Paula de Portugal. Hoje acolhe a Biblioteca Municipal de Algés, a sede do Centro de Dança de Oeiras, o posto de turismo e a Galeria Municipal do Palácio Ribamar.

O palácio posteriormente pertenceu aos Marqueses de Valença e por herança aos Condes do Lumiar. Em 1870 foi adquirido pelo Conde de Cabral, passando para os seus herdeiros, os Condes da Foz. Ao longo dos anos teve vários proprietários e utilizações. Nos anos seguintes à Grande Guerra aí funcionou o casino "The Splendid Foz Garden", que mais tarde tomou o nome de São José de Ribamar.

Encerrado nos anos 30, foi durante alguns anos a residência de férias de Hintze Ribeiro. A ocupação seguinte foi um colégio, e já nos anos 40 a sede da Junta Hidráulica Agrícola e por fim uma escola preparatória. Adquirido e recuperado pela Câmara Municipal de Oeiras.

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GPS 38.7403050832612, -9.180351102177866

The Palácio Fronteira, located in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisbon, was built between 1671 and 1672, as a hunting lodge for João Mascarenhas, 1st Marquis of Fronteira.

Although some tall buildings are visible in the distance, it continues to occupy a peaceful place, on the edge of the Monsanto Forest Park. The palace and garden have beautiful tiles whose themes range from battles to macaques.

Although the palace is still inhabited, some of the rooms, such as the library and the garden, can be visited.

The Palace of the Marqueses of Fronteira, together with the gardens, vegetable garden and forest, has been classified as a National Monument since 1982.

The palace

The Battle Room has beautiful panels with scenes from the Restoration War and a detail of D. João de Mascarenhas (2nd Count of the Tower among other titles) who fights a Spanish general. It was his loyalty to D. Pedro II, during this conflict, that made him earn the title of Marquis of Fronteira.

The Dining Room is decorated with Dutch tiles and portraits of Portuguese nobility.

The Sala de Juno or Sala Imperio is decorated with frescoes and portraits of Portuguese nobility, by artists such as Domingos António de Sequeira.

The Chapel's facade, originally from the end of the 16th century and renovated in the 18th century, is adorned with stones, shells, broken glass and porcelain remains. It is said that these pieces were used at the inauguration of the palace and left so that no one would use the pieces where the future King (D. Pedro) had served himself. On the chapel's terrace there are tiled niches decorated with figures that personify the arts and mythological figures.

The garden

In the gardens there are tile panels representing country customs from each season of the year. On one side of the main garden there are tiles showing knights of the family's ancestors, reflected in the waters of a large tank. A staircase on each side of this leads to a gallery where the decorative niches contain busts of Portuguese kings, with the exception of the three Kings Philippes.

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GPS 38.84905491538617, -9.08457201371805

O Palácio de Valflores, também designado por Palácio e Quinta de Valflores ou Quinta de Valflores, localiza-se na freguesia de Santa Iria de Azóia, município de Loures, em Portugal.

É um exemplar raro da arquitetura civil do século XVI. Trata-se de uma peça de arquitetura renascentista de influência italiana mandada construir por Jorge de Barros, feitor de D. João III na Flandres.

Funcionou como habitação até 1870, altura em que foi adquirido pela família inglesa Reynolds que nunca lhe deu o uso habitacional. A partir dessa data, o palácio começou a funcionar como armazém da exploração agrícola da quinta em que se situa, tendo começado a degradação. A partir dos anos sessenta, é sabido que os pisos inferiores foram transformados em pocilgas, estábulos, vacarias, capoeiras, etc.

A Quinta de Valfores e por inerência o Palácio foram classificados como Imóvel de interesse público em 1982.

Pese embora o reconhecimento inerente à classificação, esta não serviu para travar a degradação.

Tendo sido adquirido pela Câmara de Loures em 2006, em fevereiro de 2019 o Palácio encontrava-se em fase de obras para a sua total recuperação.

É conhecido com Palácio das abóboras, devido ao hábito de usar as suas varandas para as secar.

Arquitetura do Palácio

Desenvolve-se em dois pisos, adaptando-se ao declive da encosta. No piso superior funciona a habitação. A planta é simétrica em relação à direção Norte-Sul. A entrada faz-se, a partir de uma zona vestibular, hoje desaparecida, para um salão central de grandes dimensões, entre dois torreões, que outrora possuira um revestimento de tecto de influência mudéjar hoje completamente perdido.

Adossado, junto ao canto NW do palácio, encontra-se um pequeno volume abobadado correspondente a uma pequena capela privada. A estrutura desta abóbada, embora de dimensões menores, é semelhante à que o proprietário também mandou construir anexa à Igreja matriz de Santa Iria de Azóia.

O elemento que se destaca neste piso é loggia que se abre a sul sobre o rio Tejo. Era constituída originalmente por uma colunata com dez arcos abatidos. Infelizmente, encontra-se quase toda perdida devido a uma derrocada que teve lugar em 2001.

O piso inferior corresponde a armazéns abobadados que replicam aproximadamente a estrutura do piso superior. A Este do palácio existe um volume adossado correspondente à cozinha. Sob este existe um piso inferior, de cota aproximadamente 2m acima dos armazéns, também abobadado.

O sistema estrutural é constituído por paredes autoportantes de alvenaria de pedra e cal, com aparelho rusticado nos cunhais. Estas apresentam múltiplas fissuras, quase todas repassadas. A origem destas não é certa. Originalmente poderão ter sido devidas a sismos.

O piso inferior é abobadado. O enchimento do extradorso das abóbadas serve de base para os pavimentos. Estes são, hoje, de argamassa de cimento.

As abóbadas, sob a loggia, apresentam fendilhação, perda de tijoleiras nas nervuras, perda integral de reboco e encontram-se deformadas, tendo sido alvo de escoramento em 2003. As restantes abóbadas aparentemente encontram-se sem grandes alterações da sua geometria tendo contudo perdido grande parte dos seus revestimentos de reboco e, em alguns casos apresentem alguma perda de tijoleiras nas nervuras.

Das coberturas, com estrutura de madeira e telha cerâmica, já quase nada resta. O processo de degradação das coberturas ter-se-á acelerado a partir do final dos anos 70 do séc. passado. Ainda são visíveis os pigmentos dos acabamentos das paredes do piso superior.

Com a perda das coberturas e consequente molhagem cíclica, o estado de degradação do edifício acentuou-se exponencialmente levando a perdas de coesão que acabam por ter como consequência que este se encontra vulnerável a ações que, de outro modo não produziriam quaisquer efeitos, como por exemplo as vibrações produzidas pela passagem do trânsito pesado no IC2.

História da Quinta de Valflores

• 1537 - Este paço rural foi mandado edificar por Jorge de Barros, feitor de D. João III na Flandres, pouco tempo depois de voltar a Portugal, em 1537. O paço foi construído com base na fortuna que acumulou como mercador, que valia na altura mais de 300 mil cruzados, sendo uma das maiores fortunas acumuladas na época (FREIRE: 1927, p. 64). As suas ordens eram explícitas e o objetivo era construir um paço rural na tradição das moradias régias e nobres medievais com alguma influência renascentista. Esta propriedade é mais tarde herdada por D. Luísa de Barros, a filha de João de Barros, que casou com um nobre desaparecido na famosa Batalha de Alcácer Quibir. O palácio fica nas mãos da família durante as próximas 9 gerações. No século XIX segundo Braancamp Freire, D. Pedro Climaco de Alcântara de Barros e Vasconcelos perde o paço devido às duas dívidas, ficando o palácio nas mãos de um brasileiro.

• 1870 - O paço rural assim como outras propriedades na freguesia são adquiridas pela família inglesa Reynolds, que passou a arrendar o palácio. 1899 - Anselmo Braancamp Freire reporta o palácio estar num estado de conservação aceitável.

• 1978 - Sob proposta da Comissão Organizadora do Instituto de Salvaguarda do Património Cultural e Natural e com Despacho do Secretário de Estado da Cultura a quinta de Vale de Flores é classificada como Imóvel de Interesse Público, sendo efetuados vários estudos a fim de definir as Zonas Especiais de Proteção.

• 1979 - É avaliado o estado precário do imóvel por parte da DGEMN, que aponta as várias necessidades com o objetivo de evitar a ruína deste paço rural. Nesse mesmo ano a SEC (DG do Património Cultural), notifica através da Câmara Municipal de Loures o estado precário do imóvel ao seu proprietário.

• 1980 - Em Fevereiro de 1980 o edifício é analisado por técnicos da DGEMN e da Câmara Municipal de Loures, surgindo um plano de intervenção, que passaria pela consolidação estrutural e reconstrução das coberturas e restauro dos tectos primitivos pois do teto mudéjar nada restava.

• 1982 - É definida a primeira Zona Especial de Proteção.

• 1997 - É efetuado um Despacho do Ministro da Cultura de 16 de Setembro onde é fixada uma nova Zona Especial de Proteção.

• 1998 - A quinta é amputada devido à IC10.

• 2000 - A propriedade deixa de ser zona de exploração económica agrícola e o estado de ruína começa a acentuar-se devido ao abandono mais evidente.

• 2001 - O colunelo é abatido e recolhido pela Associação de Defesa do Património Ambiental e Cultural de Santa Iria da Azóia. Em 24 de Setembro deste ano, dá-se a derrocada parcial da vasta arcada do 2º piso da fachada principal.

• 2005 - O processo de aquisição do imóvel por parte da Câmara Municipal de Loures entra em curso.

• 2006 - O imóvel é finalmente adquirido pela Câmara Municipal de Loures. 2015 - Na lista elaborada pela Europa Nostra, organização europeia do património, entre os 14 monumentos mais ameaçados da Europa está o Palácio Valflores.

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GPS 38.697557162586655, -9.418703811891046

Em 1916 o aristocrata Henrique Maufroy de Seixas realizava junto da Câmara de Cascais um pedido para erguer um palacete no lugar do antigo Forte de Santa Catarina, apresentando um projeto desenhado por Norte Júnior. O imóvel estaria totalmente concluído no início da década de 30.

Manfroy Seixas deixou esta sua Casa à Marinha em 1945, com usufruto da esposa D. Ilda dos Santos de Seixas, sendo hoje a sede da Capitania do Porto de Cascais albergando ainda a Messe de Marinha.

Afastando-se um pouco dos modelos dos seus palacetes ecléticos de gosto parisiense, o arquiteto optou por um traço mais historicista, de inspiração medieval, aproveitando a proximidade do mar para dar ao edifício a imponente cenografia que o tornou elemento fundamental na linha urbana da baía de Cascais.

Descrição

Chalet do séc. 20, de estilo ecléctico, de planta rectangular e irregular, composta por vários volumes articulados, destacando-se da mole, vários terraços e um corpo torreado, rematado em coruchéu. Possui coberturas amansardadas e remates em cornija sustentada por cachorros.A fachada principal, muito simples, possui vários vãos rectilíneos, sendo as demais marcadas por terraços e varandas, para onde abrem janelas rectilíneas e em arco de volta perfeita, aparecendo, ao nível do piso superior, várias sacadas.O corpo torreado ostenta balcões, sustentados por mísulas, com janelas de ângulo e vários vãos mainelados. Interior com vestíbulo e escadaria de acesso ao andar nobre. Edifício muito elaborado, totalmente revestido a cantaria, sendo alguns dos silhares almofadados, destacando-se a sua implantação no terreno junto ao mar, sobre um antigo forte seiscentista.Ostenta vários elementos decorativos, como contrafortes, bandas, cachorradas, janelas mainelados, apontado para várias influências da arquitectura medieval.As mansardas são emolduradas a cantaria, com remates em pináculos. As várias guardas ostentam elementos em arcos de volta perfeita, excepto a da varanda do piso inferior da fachada posterior, com elementos vegetalistas estilizados.

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GPS 38.72859535335227, -9.147324376662738

Mandado edificar por iniciativa do banqueiro Cândido Sotto Mayor para servir de sua residência nas Avenidas Novas, o palácio foi construído entre 1902 e 1906, inscrevendo-se num jardim sinuoso e compreendendo alguns anexos, que antigamente funcionavam como cocheiras, casa de criados e lavadouro.

Descrição

O projeto foi assinado pelo Capitão de Engenharia do Exército António Rodrigues Nogueira, mas o risco inicial ficou a cargo do Arq. Ezequiel Bandeira, com a colaboração do Arq. Carlos Alberto Correia Monção. O programa arquitetónico do imóvel, em ''estilo compósito'', remete para uma inspiração francesa, destacando-se as duas fachadas de entrada e a janela com cariátides, do escultor Jorge Neto. O interior organiza-se em torno de um grande hall central, quadrangular, iluminado por uma imensa claraboia.

Homologado para Imóvel de Interesse Público, o Palácio Sotto Mayor foi objeto de um projeto de renovação no final do séc. XX, início do séc. XXI, da responsabilidade do Arq. Gastão da Cunha Ferreira, que manteve as características fundamentais do edifício. Consistindo num projeto multifuncional integrou várias vertentes - restauro do palácio, um centro comercial, escritórios, um hotel e estacionamento - concentradas num único quarteirão em pleno centro da capital.

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GPS 37.84566926608142, -25.489105867282216

​​The Cintrão lighthouse came into operation on May 28, 1957. It is located roughly in the middle of the northern slope of the island of S. Miguel. It has a tower 14 meters high and 118 meters high. It was equipped with a 3rd order fixed drum dioptric lenticular apparatus, large model (500 mm focal length), having as light source the incandescence of acetylene gas with eclipsed light. It had an oil lamp as a backup light.

In 1977, gas automation was started.

It was equipped with photovoltaic panels in 1987, running on solar energy. The source of energy for the residence and other dependencies of the lighthouse was provided by a generator set, used only at night and for a few hours during the day.

In the year 2000 it was connected to the public distribution grid and was automated with the APCL-10 system.

The water that supplies this lighthouse continues to come from a cistern.​

LOCATION: At the tip of Cintrão

FUNCTION: Coastal

ESTABLISHMENT: May 28, 1957

LATITUDE: 37º 50.68'N - 37º 50.74' N (WGS)

LONGITUDE: 25º 29.38'W - 25º 29.38' W (WGS)

HEIGHT: 14 meters

ALTITUDE: 118 meters

RANGE: 14 Miles (26 KM)

FEATURE: FI (2) W 10s

OPTICS Dioptric, drum, fixed, 3rd order, large model (500 mm focal length).

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GPS 38.656821328883616, -27.220287245176834

The Palace of the Captains-General, also known as Colégio de Santo Inácio and Colégio da Companhia de Jesus, is located in the parish of Sé, in the historic center of the city and municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on Terceira Island, in the Azores.

It is a building of appreciable dimensions where the College of the Society of Jesus was originally installed, which, in 1595, was confirmed with the name "College of the Ascension". At that time, it consisted not only of the current building, but also of the College itself, the so-called "Pátio dos Estudos" (now disappeared), that of the so-called "Colégio Novo" (where the Regional Directorate for Communities is currently located), and the Church of Santo Ignacio.

While the Fortress of São João Baptista personified military power, the Palace of Captains-General personified civil power in the archipelago. Throughout its history, spanning more than four centuries, it served as the seat of the first unified government of the archipelago (period of the Captaincy General of the Azores), as the Royal Palace of Pedro IV of Portugal and Carlos I of Portugal, as the seat of the Military Government of the Azores, and as the seat of the Presidency of the Government of the Azores and meeting place of the Council of the Government of Terceira Island, when it takes over the Region after the constitutionalization of the political and administrative autonomy of the Azores following the Carnation Revolution in the country. Among its current functions, it is one of the seats of the Presidency of the Regional Government.

The Palace of the Captains-General has been classified as a Property of Public Interest since 1980.

History

Background

The establishment of the Jesuits in the Azores and Madeira dates back to 1569, when the regent D. Henrique established two colleges, funded by the royal treasury, in Angra and Funchal.

The College of the Jesuits of Angra was ordered to be erected by decree of D. Sebastião dated February 19, 1570, the departure of the religious being thus recorded, at the beginning of the same year:

"These past days will leave here three Fathers and new Brothers who will go to the Isla de Madera to found the college (...). de Março poco más o menos" Thus, on June 1, 1570, after a stormy journey, the group of twelve religious solemnly entered Angra, under the leadership of that provincial. Also noteworthy in the group were the names of Luís de Vasconcelos (rector and master - or reader - of cases of conscience), Pêro Gomes and Baltasar Barreiros.

José da Silva do Canto, who founded the Nossa Senhora das Neves Retreat and Hermitage in Rua da Rocha (later Rua de Jesus, in honor of the Company), made these facilities available for them to settle in. Since these accommodations were limited, new facilities were sought, which were found in a house on the site of the current palace, which became the Company's second home in Angra. By Permit passed in Almeirim on March 20, 1572, D. Sebastião granted the necessary licenses for the construction of a new building, with the design of the Jesuit Tinoco, and attributed 600$00 annual reis for the establishment and maintenance of the Company's priests, paid from that year onwards by the Ombudsman of the Royal Treasury on Terceira, through the income of the Crown on that island. The works were directed by the Jesuit Francisco Dias, using alms from the island's main families.

At the same time, in Ponta Delgada, João Lopes, a New Christian from Porto who had become rich in trade, bequeathed in his will the yield of thirty moios of wheat to the Company, with the condition that a College also be opened in that city, which would take place in 1592.

From the Philippine Dynasty to the Restoration of Independence

According to some authors, the work on the College only began in the context of the Philippine Dynasty, in 1608-1609, with its occupation having been registered around 1620.

On the other hand, the "Historical notes relating to part of the old Jesuit College in Angra do Heroísmo" belonging to the Ministry of the Army, state that the set was used militarily from August 1582, shortly after the landing of the forces of António I of Portugal carried out on the 26th of July. That sovereign ordered the property to be dismantled, having sent the Jesuits who had been prisoners there since the end of July to England, replacing them with others that he had taken with him. The building was then used as an infirmary by French soldiers from D. António's staff and as an ammunition magazine.

With the Restoration of Independence, from April 21, 1641, meetings of the Council of War were held here, chaired by the Jesuit priest Francisco Cabral, coordinating the siege of the Castle of São Filipe (currently the Fortress of São João Baptista) until the its capitulation, on March 4, 1642. The same source states that the inauguration of the College took place on June 17, 1651.

In this period, the set was integrated not only by the current building, then with a residential function - whose main entrance was on the side of the current Largo do Prior do Crato -, but also by the building of the College itself - in the place of the current Largo do Prior do Crato, defining the so-called "Pátio dos Estudantes" -, and by Igreja do Colégio. Later, in 1709, the building of the so-called "Colégio Novo" was added to this set, where the Regional Directorate for Communities is currently located, in Largo 22 de Junho de 1828.

With regard to the study plan, part IV of the Society's Constitutions, written by Ignatius of Loyola, was followed with regard to the disciplines and works that should be studied. Subsequently, the "Ratio Studiorum" was enacted for the College of Angra, by Circular of January 8, 1599. The courses taught here ranged from elementary school (then the first letters) to higher education. In this last modality, the following courses were offered:

Letters - the most elementary, lasting three years, comprising Grammar (Latin), Humanities and Rhetoric; Philosophy or Arts - lasting three years and seven months, comprising Dialectics, Logic, Physics and Metaphysics; and Theology - the most advanced, lasting four years, comprising Scholastic Theology, Sacred Scripture, Hebrew, Eastern and South American (indigenous) languages, and Casuistry.

The Pombaline reforms: the General Captaincy

Centuries later, in the context of the Pombaline reforms, in the face of the expulsion of the Jesuits from the kingdom of Portugal (1759), the religious were expelled from the Azores in the following year (1760), with Colégio da Terceira being the last to be abandoned, in 15 of August. The College building, the Pátio dos Estudos, the Church and the respective annexes were confiscated by the National Treasury.

With the new administrative, civil and judicial organization for the Archipelago - the Captaincy General of the Azores -, centralized in the city of Angra and personified in the figure of a Captain-General (royal charter of July 26, 1766), the residential wing building from the former Colégio da Ascensão began to serve as a residence for the new governors (Royal Charter of September 26, 1766).

For this reason, the first Captain-General of the Azores, D. Antão de Almada (1766-1774), began to adapt this building to the functions of a palace, transforming the convent cells into bedrooms and establishing some rooms for the General Government Secretariat and for the Board of the Royal Treasury in the captaincy, the latter inaugurated on November 24, 1766 (COSTA, 1867:127). The Sergeant-Major with the practice of Engineer, João António Júdice, was in charge of the project for these adaptation works, according to the plan currently in the Ministry of the Army in Lisbon (Plans of the Two Floors of the House of the Company of Jesus, 1767).

The second Captain-General, Dinis Gregório de Melo Castro e Mendonça (1774-1793), considering the works promoted by his predecessor in the palace to be unsatisfactory, preferred to reside in the palace of the Governor of the Fortress of São João Baptista (COSTA, 1867:127).

It was with the third Captain-General, Lourenço José Boaventura de Almada (1799-1804), who settled in this building on October 30, 1796, that it was effectively adapted to the function of "government palace", which it retained until its extinction of office, under the Count of Vila Flor in 1830. Having remained in Terceira until 1832, in the capacity of Marshal of the Army, raised to the dignity of Duke of Terceira, here he still kept his secretary and headquarters.

From the Portuguese Civil War to the Estado Novo

Caricature of Mouzinho da Silveira legislator: note the detail of the pen, "illuminated". In the context of the Portuguese Civil War (1828-1834), the palace was the seat of the Provisional Board, between October 5, 1828 and June 22, 1829, under the presidency of General Diocleciano Leão Cabreira, seat of the government of the Regency of the Kingdom of Portugal, in the name of D. Maria II, chaired by the Duke of Palmela, and twice by Paço Real:

from March 3, 1832, during the three months that Pedro IV of Portugal stayed in Terceira; and in 1901, during the reign of Carlos I of Portugal, when this sovereign and the queen, D. Amélia de Orléães, visited Terceira. Here Mouzinho da Silveira legislated and structured the first lines of liberal Portugal in the 19th century.

By Decree of November 26, 1836, the 10th Military Division was created, based in Angra, under the command of a General, with the title of Military Commander of the Azores. As a residence, the rooms on the main floor that run along the main façade, facing the 22nd of June 1828 square, and the rooms on the lower floor for secretaries.

By the minutes of the session and the inaugural act of August 15, 1850, part of the former Colégio dos Jesuítas was left as property of the Ministry of War and "(...) was intended for the residence of the first military authority of Angra and respective secretariats ".

When the 10th Military Division was abolished, by Decree of November 4, 1868, the facilities were occupied by the 5th Military Division, created in its place.

On September 30, 1866, when the Militar Tombo, reorganized, expanded and concluded on January 16, 1888, is related to the part of the Colégio dos Jesuítas transferred to the Ministry of War. In the meantime, the 5th Military Division was extinguished and the Military Commands of the Azores - Western, Central and Eastern - were created, with headquarters in Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada respectively. The Central Command had a Governor, with the rank of General of Brigade and who, cumulatively, held the position of Governor of the Fortress of São João Baptista, having accommodation in that fortification, leaving, for this reason, the palace on Largo 22 de Junho unoccupied from 1828.

On May 19, 1885, the Ministry of the Kingdom asked the Ministry of War to transfer the rooms of the former residence of the Commanding General of the 5th Division to the District Treasury division. The Ministry of War immediately decided to assign "(...) two rooms of the building in which the secretariat of the same 5th Military Division and the residence of the respective Governor were located, for the divisions of the farm to be installed there", and informed that "( ...) the remaining rooms of the same building may also be transferred, but provisionally, and must be returned to the Ministry of War, as soon as there is a need or convenience to separate the Military Command from the Government of Castelo de S. João Baptista". And he added: "There will also be no doubt in provisionally lending all the furniture (71 pieces) that furnish the aforementioned rooms, until this Ministry disposes of them, and the due inventory must be made, signed by the military and civil authorities, being the responsibility of that Ministry of the Kingdom the conservation of the same furniture."

In the context of the First World War, the Ministry of War ordered the provisional concession of part of the building owned by it to cease immediately, as per communication from the Inspector General of Fortifications and Military Works on May 27, 1916, and at the request of the Military Commander of the Azores , as it became essential to transfer the Military Command and respective secretariats to that location, since the premises that had been occupied in the São João Baptista Fortress were going to be necessary to house the Germans from the newly created Concentrate Depot, determining that the respective possession be drawn up in terms analogous to those of the transfer of August 22, 1885. This delivery, however, was not total "(...) because there was a part that had been transferred to the Bank of Portugal and another part to the authorities several among them the General Board of the District, and the Ministry of the Interior was still in possession of a part."

The old College building (formerly pedagogical part) was demolished by the City Council of Angra do Heroísmo in 1928, to make way for the opening of the current Largo do Prior do Crato.

Later, in the context of the Portuguese Estado Novo, in 1933, with the creation of a military prison in the São João Baptista Fortress for prisoners for political and social crimes, it became necessary not only to occupy the remaining part of the building in the possession of the Bank of Portugal and several authorities, but also other divisions that were in the possession of the Public Works service of the General Board of the District.

From the 1980 earthquake to the present day

Over four centuries of history, the built complex has housed thirty-five different bodies/institutions, both from the Crown and the Portuguese Republic, as well as from the Autonomous Region of the Azores, being adapted and remodeled countless times.

Here, presidents Richard Nixon and Georges Pompidou dined, hosted by Marcelo Caetano in 1971.

Badly damaged by the 1980 earthquake (January 1st), it was classified as a Property of Public Interest by Resolution nº 28/80, of April 29th, classification consumed by inclusion in the classified set of the Central Zone of the City of Angra do Heroísmo, according to the Resolution no. 41/80, of 11 June, and article 10 and paragraph a) of article 57 of Regional Legislative Decree no. 29/2004/A, of 24 August.

Having passed into full possession of the Regional Government, for its recovery and restoration, the recreation of the period of the Captains-General was elected, having proceeded to the recomposition of its contents with the acquisition of furniture representative of the same, from the turn of the century XVIII to the XIX century.

Currently, the set comprises three specific uses:

it is one of the official residences of the President of the Regional Government of the Azores; houses the administration of the Vice-Presidency; and has a visitable museum tour.

The museological route

With regard to this last aspect, the visitor has the opportunity to appreciate works of art from the 18th and 19th centuries, in the form of valuable stuffing in antique furniture, canvases and porcelain.

After the entrance staircase and the main corridor, you reach the Dining Room where, in addition to the original wooden ceiling, the Vista Alegre porcelain service is on display, with the Coat of Arms of the Azores, among other pieces. .

In the Sala dos Reis de Bragança, also referred to as Sala das Carrancas and Salão de Baile, there are ten portraits in oil on canvas, larger than life, of the monarchs of the Bragança dynasty, namely: João IV of Portugal , Afonso VI of Portugal, Pedro II of Portugal, João V of Portugal, José I of Portugal, Maria I of Portugal and Pedro III of Portugal, João VI of Portugal when Prince-Regent, as well as Duarte de Bragança, lord of Vila do Count, son of Teodósio II, Duke of Bragança, Teodósio II, Duke of Bragança (son of João IV of Portugal) and José, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Bragança, son of Maria I and Pedro III of Portugal. It was in this spacious hall that Pedro IV of Portugal held a splendid ball on April 4, 1832, the birthday of his daughter, Maria II of Portugal.

In the Captain-General Room, also referred to as the Bridge Room and Canopy Room, as it once contained the throne with a backed chair, surmounted by the portrait of Maria II of Portugal and, opposite, that of her father, Pedro IV of Portugal. In this room, Luís I of Portugal, still an infant, received the procession for his arrival on Terceira Island and his birthday, on October 31, 1858. Today there are three oil portraits on canvas, recently restored, with emphasis on the D. Antão de Almada, first Captain-General of the Azores, and that of the Marquis of Pombal. Here once stood a portrait of D. João VI when king of Portugal.

The D. Maria II Room, alluding to the Liberal period, is decorated with a beautiful Portuguese rock crystal chandelier. Here once stood out the portraits of Sebastião I of Portugal, founder of the convent, opposite that of José I of Portugal and, on the other side, that of the Marquis of Pombal, opposite that of the 1st Captain General of the Captaincy General of the Azores, D. .Antão de Almada.

In the so-called Sala dos Contadores, these pieces stand out, in Luso-Oriental style, in jacaranda wood, two others, smaller, portable, and an earthenware vase from Fábrica de Cerâmica Terceirense.

As an internal space, in the old cloister, the fountain and an example of a dragon tree stand out and, in the external space, the garden.

The Church of Santo Inácio de Loyola, popularly referred to simply as Igreja do Colégio, attached to the palace, dates from the 17th century and features an important panel of Dutch tiles attributed to the 17th and 18th centuries. Also noteworthy are the works in gilded carving, the statuary and the 17th-century painting panels.

Characteristics

On the main facade of the palace, 13 windows are torn and in front of it extended a wide space, the old square of June 22nd.

The garden stood out for its wide walkways, with a variety of flowers, some fruit trees, and a fountain, from which water ran over a spacious tank.

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The Palace of the Dukes of Bragança (typically known as just the Palace of the Dukes) is a national palace located in the parish of Oliveira, São Paio and São Sebastião, in the city of Guimarães.

The Palace of the Dukes of Bragança was built in the 15th century by D. Afonso (illegitimate son of King D. João I and D. Inês Pires Esteves), 1st Duke of the House of Bragança and 8th Count of Barcelos, at the time of the his second marriage to D. Constança de Noronha (daughter of D. Afonso, Count of Gijón and Noronha and D. Isabel, Senhora de Viseu). Essentially inhabited during the 15th century, the following centuries saw progressive abandonment and consequent ruin, motivated by several factors, which worsened until the 20th century. Between 1937 and 1959, a wide and complex reconstruction was carried out based on a project designed by the architect Rogério de Azevedo.

The Paço dos Duques is currently a service dependent on the Northern Regional Directorate of Culture and includes the Museum (1st floor), a wing dedicated to the Presidency of the Republic (main façade, 2nd floor) and a vast area dedicated to various cultural initiatives (on the ground floor).

The Palace of the Dukes of Bragança has been classified as a National Monument since 1910.

History

It was built in the 15th century on the initiative of Afonso I of Bragança. The Burgundian style of this palace reflects his tastes, acquired on his travels in Europe, although its current appearance was controversially recreated during the Estado Novo.

During part of the 16th century, the Palace was still used as the residence of the Dukes of Bragança, after which it gradually entered a phase of abandonment and consequent ruin.

In 1807, during the French invasions, it was adapted into a military barracks, a role it held until 1935.

On June 25, 1959, it was transformed into the official residence of the President of the Republic in northern Portugal, and on August 26 of the same year it was opened to the public as a museum.

Collections In the museum stand out tapestries (Flemish and French), oriental rugs, furniture, Chinese porcelain, paintings, such as the Pascal Lamb, attributed to Josefa de Óbidos or the portrait of D. Catarina de Bragança.

Gallery

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