Pousada de Dona Maria, Queluz
- Pousada de Dona Maria, Queluz
The Pousada de Dona Maria cref|pousada is a large building in Queluz, Portugal. It is the focal point of a complex of buildings within the precincts of the Queluz Palace. The edifice is Baroque in design with an ecclesiastical appearance due to its five stage bell tower surmounted by floral finials. [Dynes, p.182] In age it is contemporary with the palace dating from the mid eighteenth century. The tower is visible from many parts of the palace and from certain vantage points appears to be part of the palace itself.
The building, which is such a dominant feature of the town square onto which the cour d'honneur of the palace opens, has one wing which is curved to match the scrolled walls of the palace forming the cour d'honneur. The pousada was originally intended to house royal servants and the Royal Guard when the Portuguese royal court was in in residence at Queluz. [Lowndes, p. 175. Mentions only the building lodging servants.] [Pousada de Queluz. Claims the building housed the Royal Guard, with no mention of servants. ]
Today the building is a hotel named after Maria I of Portugal whose husband Pedro III built the Queluz Palace. [Pousada de Queluz]
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References
*cite book
last = Dynes
first = Wayne
year = 1968
title = Palaces of Europe
publisher = Paul Hamlyn
location = London
id = ISBN
*cite book
last = Lowndes
first = Susan
year = 1969
title = Great Palaces (Queluz. Pages 174–186) edited by Sacheveral Sitwell
publisher = Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd
location = London
id = ISBN 0600 01682 X
* [http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/pousadas/queluz/index.html Pousada de Queluz] Published by Virtual Portugal. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
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