Palace
The Regaleira Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Regaleira) bears the same name as the whole estate. Sometimes, the name "Regaleira Palace" is used to refer to the entire estate.
The façade is characterized by exuberantly Gothic pinnacles, gargoyles, capitals, and an impressive octagonal tower.
The palace has five floors (a ground floor, three upper floors and a basement). The ground floor contains a series of hallways connecting the living room, dining room, billiards room, balcony, some smaller rooms and several stairways. In turn, the first upper floor contains bedrooms (Carvalho Monteiro's bedroom used to be the one with a balcony) and a dressing room. The second upper floor contains Carvalho Monteiro's office, and female servants' bedrooms. The third upper floor contains the ironing room and a smaller room with access to a terrace. Finally, the basement contains the male servants' bedrooms, the kitchen (which possessed an elevator for lifting food to the ground floor), and storage rooms.
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The main façade of the palace.
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The main entrance to the palace.
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The balcony.
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Turret with Manueline symbols alluding to the Portuguese discoveries.
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The fireplace in the dining room.
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The living room.
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Entrance to the spiral stairwell.
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One of the chimneys. The Castle of the Moors and the Pena Palace are visible atop the hills.
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