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Pena National Palace
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Pena National Palace
The
Pena National Palace
is a
Romanticist
palace in
São Pedro de Penaferrim
, in the
municipality
of
Sintra
, Portugal. The palace stands on the top of a hill in the
Sintra Mountains
above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from
Lisbon
and much of its
metropolitan area
. It is a
national monument
and constitutes one of the major expressions of 19th-century Romanticism in the world. The palace is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
and one of the
Seven Wonders of Portugal
. It is also used for state occasions by the
President of the Portuguese Republic
and other government officials.
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