Queluz - Palace of Queluz

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Palace of Queluz Description

(Local Name: Palácio Nacional de Queluz) The palace was built between 1747 and 1794 for Pedro III and his wife, later Queen Maria I, originally to the design of the Portuguese architect Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706-85), a pupil of the German architect Johann Friedrich Ludwig who built the Convent Palace of Mafra. The central block was complete by 1758, then in 1760 the west wing of the palace was built by the French architect, Jean Baptiste Robillon, who also designed the gardens and many of the rooms. He completed the work in 1794.

The Palácio Nacional de Queluz consisting of a central block and two wings gives the impression of a warm and friendly building and is therefore sometimes compared, not

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Hobbies & Activities category: Castle, chateau, palace; Decorative arts display; Paintings, art collections; Garden or botanic display

Palace of Queluz Highlights

Castle Square

In front of the Palace of Queluz is the spacious Largo do Palácio, with a statue of Queen Maria I. The Palace Chapel, in the purest Rococo style and containing the military music school and

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Palace of Queluz Gardens

Behind the Palace of Queluz are Jean Baptiste Robillon's Rococo gardens, with fountains, grottoes and sculpture, some of them in lead cast in England. In the lower part of the gardens is the 115m

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Address

Palace of Queluz
Largo do Palácio de Queluz
2745-191 Queluz
Queluz
Portugal

Hours



Open	9:30	Closed	9:30	9:30	9:30	9:30	9:30
Closed	13:00		13:00	13:00	13:00	13:00	13:00
Open	14:00		14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00
Closed	17:00		17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Easter - Christian May Day / Labor Day (May 1) Christmas - Christian (December 25)