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Malta Garden
The Garden of Malta is located inside the Royal Palace of Queluz, in the town of Queluz and Sintra near Lisbon. The initial project was commissioned by Queluz Palace Mateus Vicente de Oliveira, reference architect at the time. The work began more or less around 1747. Known as the Portuguese Versailles, it was built by participating architects, decorators, and gardeners all throughout Europe. They all came together to convert the Royal Palace to a great refernce of 18th century architecture. Although the influences are French and Italian, the palace has features typical of the region, such as the famous Portuguese tiles.
French architect Jean-Batiste Robillon was the one responsible for ensuring that the decoration of the palace corresponded to the time, the French style, imitating the Palace of Versailles in Paris. The best European artists worked the most beautiful spaces inside the palace, and the rooms that should be highlighted are the Throne of Music and the Ambassadors. To bridge the gap between the upper gardens and the main palace is built Robillon Hall and Staircase of the Lions. The gardens also have a stamp Malta French and are decorated with lakes, statues, roads boxwoods, balustrades and railings covered work blue and pink tiles Portuguese. The main facade was built with the purpose to face towards the interior gardens. The outside facade is quiet sober.
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