Quinta da Bacalhoa

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Water basin with arcade

The Quinta da Bacalhoa is a quinta (winery) in Azeitão in the Setúbal district in the Portuguese Região de Lisboa . The property dates back to the 15th century and was laid out by John of Portugal . It was originally a summer residence for the Portuguese royal family.

history

Wine barrels
Azulejo

The first building was built around 1480. Dom Brás de Albuquerque, the eldest son of Afonso de Albuquerque , acquired the property in 1528. A palace in the Renaissance style with Moorish domed towers was built. The two wings of the building enclose a formal Italian-style garden.

The palace fell into disrepair during the First Portuguese Republic . In 1936 it was acquired and restored with the surrounding vineyards by Orlena Scoville, a wealthy North American woman. In the 1970s, her grandson expanded the property into one of the largest wine producers in Portugal.

In 1996 the Quinta was classified as a Monumento Nacional (National Monument) by the Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico , the palace has been protected since 1910.

Since 2000 the estate has belonged to the Fundação Berardo under the direction of José Manuel Rodrigues "Joe" Berardo, who is also the main owner of another large winery two kilometers from the palace.

main building

The interior of the palace is decorated with polychrome tile pictures ( azulejos ), including the oldest preserved azulejo in Portugal from 1565 (it shows " Susanna in the bath " ).

garden

The rectangular garden consists of box hedges in shape cut . The labyrinth-like ornaments form four fields around a fountain basin. There is also a large, square water basin ( Agdal ) with the Casa do Tanque on the south side, the three pavilions of which are symmetrically connected by arcades . They are also lined with azulejos and delimit a long terrace . The historic orchard with citrus fruits behind the ground floor was destroyed at the end of the 20th century in favor of further viticulture.

literature

  • Helder Carita, Homem Cardoso: Portuguese gardens. Antique Collectors' Club, 1990, ISBN 1851491015 , p. 57 ff.
  • Barbara Levinge: Bacalhoa. In: The Oxford companion to gardens. Edited by Patrick Goode and Michael Lancaster. Oxford, New York 2001, ISBN 0-19-860440-8 , pp. 32-33.
  • Héléna Attlee, John Ferro Sims: The gardens of Portugal. London, Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2008, ISBN 0711226938 , p. 115 ff.

Web links

Commons : Quinta da Bacalhoa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quinta da Bacalhoa in the Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Palácio da Quinta da Bacalhoa in the Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese).

Coordinates: 38 ° 31 ′ 32 "  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 32"  W.