Building in São Vicente, Lisboa

In the heart of Lisbon's São Vicente district, awaiting a new life, stands this palace whose origins date back to the 16th century. In the 18th century, a major fire required extensive restoration, giving it much of its current volume and façade, with Mannerist and Neoclassical elements. During the 1700s it was the residence of Cardinal da Mota (buried in the Chapel of the Pillar of the Monastery in São Vicente) and of the family of the Counts of São Paio, one of whose heirs married one of the ...