Sintra, located among the wooded hills northwest of Lisbon, is one of Portugal's most historically layered landscapes. Although it is internationally famous for its Romantic-era palaces and nineteenth-century architecture, the history of Sintra extends far deeper into the medieval past. Before the establishment of the Portuguese kingdom, the region formed part of the Islamic world of al-Andalus, and archaeological evidence preserves traces of ce…
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