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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Largo Rainha Dona Amélia.
Tel 219-106 840. Open Apr 1–
Oct 25: 9:30am–7pm daily;
Oct 26–Mar 31: 9:30am–6pm
daily (last adm: 30 mins before
closing). Closed Jan 1, Dec 25.
8 &

. Sala dos Cisnes
The magnificent ceiling of the former banqueting
hall, painted in the 16th century, is divided into
octagonal panels decorated with swans (cisnes).

Chapel
Symmetrical Moorish patterns decorate
the original 15th-century chestnut
and oak ceiling and the mosaic floor
of the private chapel.

Entrance

KEY
1 Dom Sebastião’s bedroom 5 The Sala dos Árabes is
decorated with fine azulejos.
2 Jardim da Preta, a beautiful
walled garden 6 The kitchens, beneath the huge
conical chimneys, have spits and
3 The Sala das Galés (galleons) utensils once used for preparing
features a ceiling painted with ships royal banquets.
and galleons in honour of Portugal’s 7 Manuel I added the ajimene
maritime heritage. windows, a distinctive Moorish
Sala das Sereias design with a slender column
Intricate Arabesque designs 4 The Torre dos Brasões has dividing two arches.
on 16th-century tiles frame dovecotes below the cornice 8 Sala dos Archeiros, the
the door of the Room of decorated with nautical rope. entrance hall
the Sirens.

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