Quinta da Ribafria
Renaissance manor with Manueline touches, orange groves, a reflecting tank and sculpture-dotted gardens.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Quinta da Ribafria in Sintra starts with a jester's line spoken to King John the Third, and with the doorkeeper it was aimed at. It follows João de Sá, called Panasco, a Black African who rose to gentleman of the court, and Gaspar Gonçalves, the man paid to decide who reached the king's room. Along the way it touches the orange grove King Manuel handed over in fifteen fifteen. Best heard beside the garden tank facing the house.
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