Neo-Manueline
Neo-Manueline buildings in
Europe, the Americas, & Africa
Europe, the Americas, & Africa
Rossio Railway Station, Lisbon (top); Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro (middle); National Museum of Natural History, Maputo
(bottom).Neo-Manueline is a
Lusophone world (the former Portuguese Empire
).
History
The term manuelino was introduced in 1842 by
Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen[1] to designate the exuberant artistic style that developed during the reign of Manuel I of Portugal (1495–1521). The Manueline style coincided with the Age of Discovery and the peak of Portuguese maritime power. In the sequence of the Gothic Revival architecture fashion that spread for all over Europe since the middle of the 18th century, the Manueline style was considered the most authentic Portuguese architectural style
.
Neo-Manueline started with the construction of the
Palace Hotel of Bussaco (1888–1907), the Sintra Town Hall (1906–09), the Counts of Castro Guimarães Palace in Cascais (1900) and the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra
(1904–10). The Neo-Manueline was also used in smaller buildings like private houses.
Neo-Manueline eventually spread to the colonies and former Portuguese colonies. In
Santos (Centro Português de Santos, 1898–1901), the Portuguese Library of Bahia
(1915–18) and the Portuguese Literary Liceum (Liceu Literário Português) in Rio de Janeiro (1938).
Examples of Neo-Manueline buildings can also be found in African and Asian territories of the former Portuguese Colonial Empire.
There are also examples of buildings influenced by the Neo-Manueline style in countries that were not directly related with the Portuguese culture. A fine example is the Arseny Morozov House (1895–99) in Moscow, Russia.
Gallery
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Pena Palace in Sintra, Portugal. -
Buçaco Palace Hotel in Serra do Buçaco, Portugal -
Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal -
Liceu Literário Português in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -
Soure Town Hall inSoure, Portugal -
Gabinete Português de Leitura in Bahia, Brazil -
Counts of Castro Guimarães Palace in Cascais, Portugal -
Sintra Town Hall in Sintra, Portugal -
Chapel of Our Lady of Help in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil -
Natural History Museum in Maputo, Mozambique -
Morozov Palace in Moscow, Russia
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See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neo-Manueline.
- List of architectural styles
- Portuguese Architecture
References
- ^ Revista de História da Biblioteca Nacional (01/03/2006) Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pena Palace in the IPPAR website
- ^ Regina Anacleto. Arquitectura Neomanuelina no Brasil. Revista Camões n.11, 2006 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Real Gabinete Português de Leitura official website Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
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