Magic Sintra

The small town of Sintra is magic. Called by the Celtic the "Mountain of the Moon" and "Mons Lunae" by Romans, arrived till now as the first Romantic Kingdom, full of magnificent palaces, fascinating mansions and one castle of fairytales.

"In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian, Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines in the surrounding serra , created a unique combination of parks and gardens which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe."

Source - "Cultural Landscape of Sintra"
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Because I love this amazing town, I have painted some monuments and corners of Sintra

Eva Afonso

"Pena Palace - Sintra"

2014

Oil on canvas, 24x18 cm

Eva Afonso

"Sintra National Palace"

2014

Oil on canvas, 24x18 cm

Eva Afonso

"Sight Sintra National Palace

2014

Oil on canvas, 24x18 cm

Eva Afonso

"Sintra Tram"

2014

Oil on canvas, 24x18 cm