Chalet of the Countess of Edla
Alpine-style royal cottage trimmed in cork, with faux-timber walls and romantic gardens.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Chalet of the Countess of Edla in Sintra follows King Ferdinand II and Elise Hensler, a Swiss-born opera singer raised in Boston, from a Lisbon opera house in eighteen sixty to a corner of the Pena park. It touches on a marriage that split Portugal's nobility and press, and a house Elise designed herself without an architect. Listen standing in front of the facade, where the walls have a story of their own.
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