Queluz, Portugal
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Queluz is a city within the Sintra Municipality, on the Portuguese Riviera, in the Lisbon metropolitan area of Portugal. It is famed as the home of Queluz National Palace, the 18th century pleasure pa
Queluz National Palace
King Pedro III of Portugal built Queluz National Palace.
The Portuguese School of Equestrian Art is based in Queluz.
Queluz is famed for its gardens.
Peter III of Portugal
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Dom Peter III, nicknamed the Builder, was King of Portugal from 24 February 1777 to his death in 1786, by marriage to his niece Queen Dona Maria I.
Queluz, Portugal
…agrarian, occupied by homes, farms and few estates established by the clergy and/or nobility. In the 18th century, Infante Pedro of Braganza (future King Pedro III of Portugal), in his capacity as Lord of the House of the Infantado, acquired an estate in Queluz, previously belonging to the Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo, and…
Portrait, c. 1777–1786
Effigy of Maria I and Peter III, 1785