The palace is the private residence of the Marquesses of Fronteira.
Palace
The palace is located in a very quiet area, near the Monsanto Forest Park. The house and the garden have glazed tiles representing different themes such as battles or monkeys playing trumpets.
The dining room is decorated with portraits representing some members of the Portuguese nobility, painted by artists such as Domingos António de Sequeira.
The chapel, dating from the end of the 16th century, is the oldest part of the palace. The façade is adorned with stones, shells, broken glass and porcelains. It seems that those pieces were used during the palace's inauguration and were broken on purpose just not to be used again.
In spite of being the current residence of the Marquis of Fronteira some of the rooms, the library and the garden are open to public visits.
The garden
The palace garden, an area of 5,5 hectare, is adorned with Portuguese tiles with pictures that represent the different arts as well as mythological figures. The garden hedges are cut in order to represent the different year seasons. There is also a stone staircase which leads to a wall line with busts of the Kings of Portugal.
The seven classical planets, associated with the Gods, depicted in the gardens of the Palace Fronteira, Lisbon (17th century). From left to right: the Moon (Diana), Mercury, Venus (Aphrodite), the Sun (Apollo), Mars, Iupiter and Saturn (Chronos)
Notes
^Nuno Lemos Pires (2000). "Os painéis de azulejos da Sala das batalhas do Palácio Fronteira de um ponto de vista militar". Academia.edu.
External links
Fronteira Palace: Beautiful Gardens and Spectacular Tilework
Palácio dos Marqueses de Fronteira (In Portuguese)
Palacio de los Marqueses de Fronteira (In Spanish)
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