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 palace of the Portuguese Royal Family, as well as notable institutions like the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art. Queluz had a population 78,273 inhabitants in 2001.
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.
The Portuguese Riviera is a term used in the tourist industry for the affluent coastal region to the west of Lisbon, Portugal, centered on the coastal municipalities of Cascais, Oeiras and Sintra. It is coterminous with the Estoril Coast and occasionally known as the Costa do Sol. Portuguese themselves do not use this expression.
Image: Cascais (20243630091) (cropped)
Image: Palacio de Monserrate (7730029906)
Image: Front of the Hotel Palacio in Estoril
Image: Cascais Marina with Cascais in the foreground