Coats-of-Arms Room: A wooden coffered domed ceiling decorated with 72 coats-of-arms, Sintra National Palace, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Coats-of-Arms Room (Sala dos Brasões) (1515–1518), with a magnificent wooden coffered domed ceiling decorated with 72 coats-of-arms of the King and the main Portuguese noble families. The coat-of-arms of the Távora family was however removed after their conspiracy against king Joseph I. Sintra National Palace, also called Town Palace is located in the town of Sintra, in Portugal near Lisbon. It is the best preserved medieval Royal Palace in Portugal, having been inhabited more or less continuously at least from the early 15th up to the late 19th century. It is an important tourist attraction and is part of the Cultural landscape of Sintra, which is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Location: Sintra National Palace, Largo Rainha Dona Amélia, Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe
Photo credit: © Mieneke Andeweg-van Rijn / Alamy / Afripics
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