EmbaiXada

This guide to EmbaiXada in Lisbon follows José Ribeiro da Cunha, who left the city broke, made a fortune in Brazil, and returned in the 1870s to build this Moorish Revival palace in Príncipe Real with architect Henrique Carlos Afonso. It traces the wave of Portuguese emigrants known as the Brasileiros who came home wealthy and competed to build the grandest houses in the neighborhood. Look up at the horseshoe arches and stained glass as you enter, the same details Ribeiro da Cunha commissioned to announce his fortune to the square outside.