Cultural Landscape of Sintra
UNESCO site
Portugal
Year of inscription: 1995
In the 19th century Sintra became the first centre of
European Romantic architecture. Ferdinand II turned a ruined monastery into a
castle where this new sensitivity was displayed in the use of Gothic, Egyptian,
Moorish and Renaissance elements and in the creation of a park blending local
and exotic species of trees. Other fine dwellings, built along the same lines
in the surrounding serra , created a unique combination of parks and gardens
which influenced the development of landscape architecture throughout Europe.
The cultural landscape of the Serra and the town of Sintra
represents a pioneering approach to Romantic landscaping that had an
outstanding influence on developments elsewhere in Europe. It is a unique
example of the cultural occupation of a specific location that has maintained
its essential integrity as the representation of diverse successive cultures.
Its structures harmonize indigenous flora with a refined and cultivated
landscape created by man as a result of literary and artistic influences. Its
integrity is fragile and vulnerable to neglect and unsympathetic management and
use.
Source: UNESCO
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