Quinta da Regaleira
Romantic palace estate with grottoes, hidden tunnels and a spiralling initiation well sunk into rock.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra stands you at the rim of the Initiation Well, the upside-down tower that the millionaire António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro and the architect Luigi Manini sank into this hillside after he bought the estate in 1892. It follows the symbols of alchemy, Freemasonry, the Knights Templar and the Rosicrucians, and asks what its nine flights of stairs were meant to mean. Best heard at the top, before you start down.
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