Nacional Palace of Queluz

It is a 18th century palace located in the city of Queluz in the municip of Sintra, Lisbon district. One of the last large rococo-style buildings erected in Europe, the palace was built as a summer house for D. Pedro de Bragança, who later became the husband and king consort of his niece, Queen Maria I of Portugal .

It served as a discreet place of imprisonment for the queen D. Maria I while her madness continued to worsen after the death of D. Pedro in 1786. After the fire that struck Ajuda Palace in 1794, the Palace of Queluz became the the official residence of the Portuguese prince regent, the future D. João VI, and his family. It stayed like this until the flight of the royal family to Brazil in 1807, due to the French invasion of Portugal.

The construction of the Palace began in 1747, having as architect Mateus Vicente de Oliveira. Despite being much smaller, it is often called "the Portuguese Versailles".

One of the wings of the Queluz Palace, the Dona Maria Pavilion, built between 1785 and 1792 by the architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, is now an exclusive guest room for foreign heads of state visiting Portugal.

It was classified as a National Monument in 1910.