Sintra
Sintra | |
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Clockwise: Pena National Palace; Azenhas do Mar; Quinta da Regaleira; Seteais Palace; Praia da Ursa; Monserrate Palace . | |
UTC±00:00 (WET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Postal code | 2714 |
Area code | 219 |
Patron | São Pedro |
Website | http://www.cm-sintra.pt |
Official name | Cultural Landscape of Sintra |
Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv, v |
Reference | 723 |
Inscription | 1995 (19th Session) |
Area | 946 ha |
Sintra (
The area includes the
Sintra is one of the wealthiest municipalities in both Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula as a whole.[6][7][8][9] It is home to one of the largest foreign expatriate communities along the Portuguese Riviera[10][11][12][13][14] and consistently ranks as one of the best places to live in Portugal.[15][16]
The ECB Forum on Central Banking, an annual event organised by the European Central Bank, is held in Sintra.[17]
History
Prehistory to Moorish era
The earliest remnants of human occupation were discovered in
Ceramic fragments found locally including many late Chalcolithic vases from the Sintra mountains suggest that between the fourth and third millennia B.C. the region (adjacent to the present village of Sintra) was occupied by a Neolithic/Chalcolithic settlement, with characteristics comparable to fortified settlements in Lisbon and Setúbal.[18] The evidence discovered in Quinta das Sequoias and São Pedro de Canaferrim contrasts dramatically with those remnants discovered in the walled town of Penha Verde and the funerary monument of Bella Vista.[18] Traces of several Bronze Age remains were also discovered in many places in the Sintra Mountains, including alongside the town, in the Monte do Sereno area, and a late Bronze Age settlement within the Moorish Castle dating to the 9th–6th centuries B.C.
The most famous object from this period is the so-called Sintra Collar, a middle Bronze Age gold neck-ring found near the city at the end of the 19th century, which since 1900 has been part of the British Museum's collection. Relatively close by, in Santa Eufémia da Serra, is an Iron Age settlement where artifacts from indigenous tribes and peoples of Mediterranean origins (principally from the Punic period) were also discovered.[18]
These date from the early 4th century B.C., prior to the Romanization of the peninsula, which in the area of Foz do Tejo took place in the middle of the 2nd century B.C.
During the Roman occupation of the peninsula, the region of Sintra was part of the vast Civitas Olisiponense which Caesar (around 49 B.C.) or more likely Octavius (around 30 B.C.) granted the status of Municipium Civium Romanorum. The various residents of the region were considered part of the Roman Galeria and in the present village of Sintra there are Roman remains testifying to a Roman presence from the 1st–2nd centuries B.C. to the 5th century A.D. A roadway along the southeast part of the Sintra Mountains and connected to the main road to Olisipo dates from this period.[18]
This via followed the route of the current Rua da Ferraria, the Calçada dos Clérigos and the Calçada da Trindade.
It was during the Moorish occupation of Sintra (
During the
Kingdom
In July 1109,
On 9 January 1154, Afonso Henriques signed a
In 1210, the
The Black Death arrived in Sintra in the 14th century; in 1350, the disease is known to have caused the death of five municipal scribes. Far greater numbers of deaths probably resulted, perhaps owing to the cool climate and humidity, conditions that favoured the rapid spread of the disease.[18]
During the reign of King
Joanine and Philippine era
In a document issued in 1435 by King
During the Portuguese
At the end of the 15th century the importance of Sintra on official itineraries led Queen Eleanor of Viseu (wife of King John II), then principal benefactor of the Portuguese Misericóridas, to expand her principal institutions in Sintra.[18] The Hospital e Gafaria do Espírito Santo, the only remnant of which left standing is a chapel to São Lázaro, was constructed to provide assistance and support to lepers in the region (the chapel still includes the signets of King John, the pelican, and Queen Leonor, the shrimp). In 1545, the hospital was transferred to the administration of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Sintra which was set up by Queen Catherine of Austria, wife of John III.
King
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) referred to the mountains of Sintra in his Os Lusíadas chronicle, as a mythic land ruled by water nymphs. The Renaissance poet Luisa Sigea—Syntrae Aloisiae Sygeae in Paris (1566) and Madrid (1781) referred to Sintra as a "pleasant valley, between cliffs that rise into the heavens...curved in graceful hills among which one can feel the murmur of the waters...[where] everything, in fact, will enchant and perfume the environment with its fragrance and fruit."[18]
With the death of the Cardinal-King
Brigantine era
The
Alleging the insanity of the King and the incapacity of the heir, the Duke of Cadaval and the
From the 17th to the 18th centuries, the region was centre of contemplative religious orders who established convents in Sintra. But it remained a place of myths, with a large, mysterious forest and macabre, gloomy spaces. Father Baião, in his Portugal Cuidadoso (1724) noted: "Next to the Palace of Sintra was a forest, so thick, that during the day, it cast fear in him who entered it. And [King]
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, meanwhile, caused the destruction of the centre of Sintra as well as a number of deaths, resulting in building and restoration in the second half of the 18th century. Also in the 18th century, the first industrial building was established in the town: the Fábrica de Estamparia de Rio de Mouro (Mouro River Stamping Factory) in 1778.
The visit of Queen
During the third quarter of the 18th century and practically all of the 19th century, foreign travellers and Portuguese aristocrats, fired by
The
The intentional mixture of
The design was a project of the
In 1854, the first contract was signed to construct a rail link between Sintra and Lisbon. A decree signed on 26 June 1855 regulated the contract between the government and Count Claranges Lucotte but was later rescinded in 1861. The connection was finally inaugurated on 2 April 1887.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Sintra was recognized as a summer resort visited by aristocrats and millionaires. Among these, Carvalho Monteiro, owner of a considerable fortune (known as "Monteiro dos Milhões") constructed near the main town, on an estate he bought from the Baroness of Regaleira, a luxurious revivalist palacette, based on a Neo-Manueline architecture.
From the second half of the 19th century into the first decades of the 20th century, Sintra also became a privileged place for artists: musicians such as
Republic
The proclamation of a Portuguese Republic in 1910 transformed the bohemian climate of Sintra. Economic development was now promoted; the potential benefits to the region of growth in agriculture, industry and commerce were promoted to foster development. In 1908 a wine growing zone had been demarcated in Colares. Now a commission was established to monitor the quality of wines and promote their exportation, and in 1914 a commercial association (
During the 1920s damage to culturally important sites led to the creation of institutions to study and protect the vast artistic heritage. The Instituto Histórico de Sintra (Historic Institute of Sintra), under the direction of Afonso de Ornelas, played an important part in this period.[18] Archaeological studies resulted in considerable development: in 1927, Félix Alves Pereira rediscovered the Neolithic settlements of Santa Eufémia, and the first publication of the discoveries at the prehistoric monuments of Praia das Maçãs were completed in 1929.[18] From this time until the 1970s, coastal Sintra was becoming a summer destination, resulting in the building of Portuguese summer residences.[18] Many important Portuguese architects developed projects in the area in the first half of the 20th century, including Raul Lino, Norte Júnior and Tertuliano de Lacerda Marques.
These projects benefited town and region, increased tourism and attracted as residents many notable Portuguese: historian Francisco Costa; writer Ferreira de Castro; sculptor Anjos Teixeira; architects Norte Júnior and Raul Lino; painters Eduardo Viana, Mily Possoz and Vieira da Silva; poet Oliva Guerra; composer and maestro Frederico de Freitas; historians Felix Alves Pereira and João Martins da Silva Marques.[18]
In 1944, prior to his arrest, Vichy France Prime Minister Pierre Laval had planned to move to an estate in Sintra, where a house had been leased for him.[21]
The 1949 municipal plan by De Groer was devised to protect the town and its neighbourhood from uncontrolled urbanization, and resulted in the maintenance of an environment comparable to 19th century Sintra.[18] Urban anarchy predominated until the middle of the 1980s in the areas adjacent to the main town of Sintra, resulting in the development of new neighbourhoods.[18]
Geography
Physical geography
The Sintra Mountains, a granite massif ten kilometres long – considered the Monte da Lua (Mountain of the Moon), or Promontorium Lunae by the strong local tradition of astral cults – emerge abruptly between a vast plain to the north and the northern margin of the
The São João platform, along the northern flank of the Sintra Mountains, has altitudes between 100 metres (110 yd) and 150 metres (160 yd), while the southern part of the mountains, the Cascais platform, is lower: sloping from 150 metres (160 yd) to the sea, terminating along the coast, around 30 metres (33 yd) above sea level.
The geodynamic conditions that controlled the formation of the MES (correlated with the development of the Sines and Monchique Eruptive Massifs) are associated with the progressive northern expansion of the Atlantic Ocean and the consequent opening of the Bay of Biscay.[23] The Bay of Biscay's expansion resulted in complex tensions responsible for profound fractures in the Earth's crust that were conduits for the ascension of magma.[23] Around 80 million years ago this magma spread across the surface as a superficial crust with a depth of 5 kilometres between sedimentary layers (160 to 9 million years old) that were chemically metamorphosed.[23] Over time the magma chamber cooled and crystallized, resulting in conditions that caused the granular textures that characterize the MES.[23] The weaker sedimentary layers were susceptible to erosion, and their products were deposited around their base. Consequently, the massif likely became exposed during the Paleogenic epoch (30 million years ago), known as the Benfica Complex.[23]
Climate and biome
The
The temperate climate and humidity resulting from proximity to the coast favour the growth of a rich mat of forest including Atlantic and Mediterranean species, marking the transition in Portugal from northern to southern vegetation. The Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) predominates over great expanses of the rocky heights and sheltered slopes. On moist shady slopes, normally facing north, or in sheltered places, the common oak (Quercus robur) is widespread. In lowland areas and warm places the cork oak (Quercus suber) is common and in limestone areas the Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea) is found. Other species scattered throughout the mountains of Sintra include: maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), common hazel (Corylus avellana), common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), European holly (Ilex aquifolium), Portuguese laurel (Prunus lusitanica), Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo), laurestine (Viburnum tinus), Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera), and Italian buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus). In the valleys, near watercourses, grow narrow-leaf ash (Fraxinus angustifolia), Grey willow (Salix atrocinerea), European alder (Alnus glutinosa), alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) and black elderberry (Sambucus nigra).
Since 1966, the Sintra Mountains have been affected by fires that have destroyed a major part of the original forest, which has been substituted by acacia and other fast-growing exotic species. The forested area of the Sintra mountains is about 5,000 hectares (50 km2), of which 26% (1,300 hectares (13 km2)) is maintained by the State through the Direcção Geral de Florestas – Núcleo Florestal de Sintra (General Directorate of Forests – Sintra Forestry Service).
Climate data for Sintra (Sintra Air Base) 1971–2000 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
41.4 (106.5) |
39.8 (103.6) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37.8 (100.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
41.4 (106.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 100.7 (3.96) |
90.7 (3.57) |
57.2 (2.25) |
72.3 (2.85) |
56.8 (2.24) |
18.2 (0.72) |
6.2 (0.24) |
6.9 (0.27) |
28.4 (1.12) |
91.0 (3.58) |
111.5 (4.39) |
127.8 (5.03) |
767.7 (30.22) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.3 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 125.0 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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87 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 152.2 | 149.5 | 205.0 | 224.0 | 255.4 | 269.7 | 309.0 | 307.3 | 244.2 | 203.5 | 158.7 | 128.5 | 2,607 |
Source: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera[25][26] |
Climate data for Sintra (Granja), altitude: 134 m (440 ft), 1961–1984 normals, 1953–2003 sun hours | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.2 (66.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.5 (58.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 110 (4.3) |
113 (4.4) |
83 (3.3) |
59 (2.3) |
46 (1.8) |
23 (0.9) |
4 (0.2) |
5 (0.2) |
25 (1.0) |
78 (3.1) |
121 (4.8) |
109 (4.3) |
776 (30.6) |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
87 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 151.9 | 152.6 | 198.4 | 231.0 | 266.6 | 279.0 | 316.2 | 310.0 | 243.0 | 207.7 | 162 | 139.5 | 2,657.9 |
Source: IPMA[26]
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Human geography
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The municipality is administered by 11 civil parish (
- Agualva e Mira-Sintra
- Algueirão–Mem Martins
- Almargem do Bispo, Pêro Pinheiro e Montelavar
- Cacém e São Marcos
- Casal de Cambra
- Colares
- Massamá e Monte Abraão
- Queluz e Belas
- Rio de Mouro
- São João das Lampas e Terrugem
- Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)
Sintra also has numerous hamlets and villages, including the affluent village of Linhó, Sintra.
Sintra's population grew considerably in the late 20th century, rising from about 14% of the Lisbon region to 19%, with the main concentration of resident population found in the important Queluz-Portela corridor, along the southeast corner of the municipality.[28] In this area were concentrated approximately 82% of the municipality's population, the most attractive parishes to live in being São Pedro de Penaferrim, Rio de Mouro, Belas and Algueirão-Mem Martins.[28][29]
With the decrease in mortality rates, the region has undergone a general increase in infant births, primarily associated with late births, but also an increase in seniors in the community (56.5% in 2001).[28] Yet Sintra is still considered to have a structurally young population, the youngest in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Lisbon.[28] Young adults (30- to 39-year-olds) dominate Sintra's communities, with the parishes of Pêro Pinheiro, Terrugem, São Martinho, São João das Lampas, Santa Maria e São Miguel, Montelavar, Colares, Queluz and Almargem do Bispo all having higher rates of seniors in the population.[28] Approximately 80% of the population are born outside the town, 21% of these being foreign born residents. While the resident population in Lisbon has seen a gentle decrease since the mid-1960s, Sintra has grown comparably.[28]
Urban areas represent 55.4 square kilometres (5,540 ha) of the municipality, or approximately 17.4% of Sintra's territory; 35% of the population reside in places of between 50,000 and 100,000 inhabitants.[28] Many of these areas are anchored to lines of access, in particular, the Sintra Line and the IC19 motorway which connects the principal towns of Queluz, Agualva-Cacém, Algueirão/Mem Martins, Rio de Mouro and Belas).[28] Many of these urban areas are composed of a fabric of building projects that have historically resulted in dense buildings of concrete, normally seven or more floors in height.[28] The greatest growth in residential homes has occurred in the south of the municipality, in the triangle of São Pedro de Penaferrim, Santa Maria e São Miguel and Casal de Cambra.[28] In addition, there is a major concentration and growth in family dwellings of a seasonal nature, or second homes, in this region, and a proliferation of illegal construction in the parishes of São João das Lampas, São Pedro de Penaferrim, Belas, Agualva-Cacém and Casal de Cambra.[28]
Economy
The growth in tertiary activities has played an important part in the pattern of employment in the region, with commercial, retail and support services predominating.[28] This has been to the detriment of industry, although continuing industrial activities include the transport of materials, mineral processing, the manufacture of machinery and equipment, food-processing, beverage and tobacco companies as well as publishing and printing services.[28] There has also been a dramatic growth in the civil construction industry.[28]
EuroAtlantic Airways has its head office in Sintra.[30]
Tourism is also significant, with the parks and monuments operated by the Parques de Sintra accounting for 3.2 million visitors in 2017, for example.[31]
Transport
Lisbon's commuter railway network (CP Urban Services) provides direct services to Sintra Station. The journey to Lisbon takes 35–45 minutes.[32] There is alternative transport, taxis, car-sharing services and buses, covering a large area of the district.
The
Tourist bus 434 takes visitors between attractions in Sintra. The bus follows a one-way route and stops at Sintra Station, São Pedro de Sintra, the Castle of the Moors, Pena National Palace, Sintra Old Town and returns to Sintra Station.[33]
Landmarks
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv, v |
Reference | 723 |
Inscription | 1995 (19th Session) |
Area | 946 ha |
Sintra has a great number of preserved or classified architectural buildings:
Prehistoric
- Barreira Megalithic Complex
- Dolmen of Adrenunes (Portuguese: Anta de Adrenunes)
- Dolmen of Agualva (Portuguese: Anta de Agualva/Anta do Carrascal)
- Dolmen of Estria (Portuguese: Anta da Estria)
- Dolmen of Monte Abraão (Portuguese: Anta do Monte Abraão)
- Praia das Maçãs Prehistoric Monument (Portuguese: Monumento Pré-Histórico de Praia das Maçãs)
- Tholos tomb of Monge (Portuguese: Tholos do Monge)
Civic
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct-Sintra Line (Portuguese: Aqueduto das Águas Livres-Troço de Sintra)
- Chalet and Garden of the Countess of Edla
- Estate of Penha Verde (Portuguese: Quinta de Penha Verde/Quinta da Fonte del Rei)
- Mansion of Penha Verde (Portuguese: Solar da Quinta de Penha Verde)
- National Palace of Pena (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional da Pena)
- National Palace of Queluz (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Queluz)
- National Palace of Sintra (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Sintra/Palácio da Vila)
- Palacette of the Counts of Almeida-Araújo (Portuguese: Palácio Pombal/Palacete dos Condos de Almeida Araújo)
- Pillory of Colares (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Colares)
- Quinta da Regaleira including the palace and the chapel
- Quinta da Ribafria
- Monserrate Palace
- Seteais Palace
- Ramalhão Palace
Culture
- The Puppet House of Sintra[34] (Portuguese: Casa da Marioneta de Sintra)
- Valdevinos Cultural Association[35] (Portuguese: Valdevinos Associação Cultural)
Military
- Castle of the Moors (Portuguese: Castelo dos Mouros)
Religious
- Church of Santa Maria (Portuguese: Igreja Paroquial de Santa Maria)
- Convent of Penha Longa (Portuguese: Convento de Penha Longa)
- Convento dos Capuchos
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The front façade and fountain of theQueluz National Palace
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A glimpse of the National Palace of Pena from the Castle of the Moors
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The estate of Monserrate, constructed by Gerard Devisme, but taking on its oriental appearance after Francis Cook
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Sintra National Palace, from above
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National Palace of Sintra. The best preserved medieval Royal Palace in Portugal, being inhabited more or less continuously from the early 15th century to the late 19th century.
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Fonte da Sabuga, Sintra
Sports
The municipality of Sintra has several sports venues and a wide range of sports facilities for the practice of sports like tennis, golf, swimming, surfing, and equestrianism.
The most reputed competitive sports clubs of Sintra Municipality are:
- Sport União Sintrense, a club established on 7 October 1911 that compete in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth lay tier of Portuguese football
- C.A. Queluz, basketball team based in Queluz
- Hockey Club de Sintra, sports club that compete in roller hockey and cycling, being also noted for its artistic roller skatingdepartment.
- Clube Desportivo de Belas, sports club located in Queluz e Belas
- Belas Rugby Clube, rugby union team from Queluz e Belas
In popular culture
- Much of the miniseries Gulliver's Travels (1996) was filmed in Sintra, and many of its palaces are shown.
- Opel Sintra, a large MPV produced under the German marque Opel for the market in Europe, which was sold in the United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Sintra between 1996 and 1999 by Vauxhall, has a name that was chosen by a computer from a list of short, easy to pronounce words and not after the historic Portuguese town of Sintra.
- In 2018, a board game by German game designer Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra, was named after the town of Sintra.
Twin towns – sister cities
Sintra is
- Assilah, Morocco
- Beira, Mozambique
- Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Fontainebleau, France
- Goussainville, France
- Havana, Cuba
- Honolulu, United States
- El Jadida, Morocco
- Lobito, Angola
- Namaacha, Mozambique
- Nova Sintra, Cape Verde
- Omura, Japan
- Oviedo, Spain
- Petrópolis, Brazil
- Trindade, São Tomé and Príncipe
Notable people
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- King King of Portugal.[37]
- André de Albuquerque Ribafria (1621–1659), a Portuguese nobleman and military leader.
- Infanta Maria Francisca (1800 in Queluz – 1834), a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King John VI of Portugal
- Vasco Gonçalves (1921–2005), a Portuguese army officer, participant in the Carnation Revolution, 104th Prime Minister of Portugal, 1974–1975.
- Jorge de Brito (1927 in Queluz – 2006), a businessman & 28th president of S.L. Benfica
- Clotilde Rosa (1930 in Queluz – 2017), a Portuguese harpist, pedagogue and composer.
- Ruy Belo (1933 – 1978 in Queluz), a Portuguese poet, essayist and existentialist
- Vasco Martins (born 1956 in Queluz), a Cape Verdean musician and composer
- Manuela Bravo (born 1957 in Queluz), singer, sang in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
- Isabel Stilwell (born 1960), a Portuguese journalist and writer.
- Peter Kember (born 1965), stage name Sonic Boom, an English singer and record producer
- Zé Cabra (born 1965), a former painter and comedy-singer
- Miguel Ribeiro (born 1974) is a Portuguese screenwriter and filmmaker.[citation needed]
Sport
- Luis Loureiro (born 1976), a former footballer with 295 club caps and 6 for Portugal
- Ricardo Silva (born 1977 in Agualva-Cacém), a former footballer with 293 caps
- Marco Caneira (born 1979), a footballer with 326 club caps and 25 for Portugal
- Bruno Coelho (born 1987), a futsal player with 146 club caps for Benfica and 102 for Portugal
- Dolores Silva (born 1991 in Queluz), a footballer with 123 caps for the Portugal women's national football team
See also
- Portuguese Riviera
- Queijada de Sintra
- Sintra Mountains
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