The Flor da Rosa Monastery, on the outskirts of the Alentejo town of Crato, was commissioned by D. Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira, Grand Master of the Military Order of the Hospital, prior of Crato and father of the Holy Constable, D. Nuno Álvares Pereira. According to historians, this is where he

Italian-inspired Evoramonte Castle is one of the main examples of Portuguese military architecture. Located between Évora and Estremoz, it marks the landscape of the land of Évora Monte, erected on one of the highest points of the Ossa Mountains. The castle was conquered by King Afonso Henriques in 1166. In

“At the steepest and most inaccessible point of the São Mamede mountain range, in the district of Portalegre, in the heart of the natural park, we find one of the castles that offers breath-taking views: the Marvão Castle. Marvão was conquered from the Muslims by King Afonso Henriques and, in

Located in the heart of Elvas’ historic city centre, between the walls next to the western bulwark of the for-tress, it benefits from a unique environment. As an example of eighteenth-century architecture, this property of the Order of Saint Paul started being built in 1679 and was completed in 1721.

The foundation of the Alter Stud Farm in 1748, in Alter do Chão, in the Coutada do Arneiro, property of the House of Bragança, is due to King João V. Although designed as part of this monarch’s policy of opulence and strengthening our country’s prestige, it is to King José