The Palace of Monserrate is a romantic palace ordered to be built by Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate. One of the famous visitors to the original palace was the poet Lord Byron in 1809. It was classified as a World Heritage Cultural Landscape by UNESCO in 1995 as part of the whole of the Sierra de Sintra. It features a large circular tower, bulbous domes and exotic themes in the decoration. In its surroundings is the Monserrate park, 33 hectares of exuberant centennial trees, exotic and thematic gardens Mexican, Japanese, rose garden ..., a valley of ferns with numerous specimens of the so-called tree fern, the first great meadow of grass planted in Portugal, a waterfall, romantic ruins, ponds and pergolas.

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