When planning our tours in Portugal, we looked for places to visit in Lisbon
When planning our tours in Portugal, we looked for places to visit in Lisbon. Points of interest that were not on the so-called normal routes. One of the places to visit, the Palace of the Counts of Óbidos, is a little known Palace that you need to know how to find. In front of Gare Marítima da Rocha Conde de Óbidos. It was built in the 1919th century and passes to the Portuguese Red Cross in XNUMX.
Count of Óbidos was a noble title attributed by King D. Filipe III to D. Vasco Mascarenhas, who had been Vice-King of India and Brazil.
In this palace resided the artist Jorge Colaço, author of a magnificent tile panel, exposed on the terrace, alluding to the arrival in the Terras de Vera Cruz, Brazil. Here the first westerners arrived with Pedro Álvares Cabral in charge of the 13 ships of the trip.
Palace Balcony
One of the places to visit is the balcony of the Palace, which we can see in front of the Gare Marítima da Rocha do Conde de Óbidos.
The Gare Marítima da Rocha Conde de Óbidos, built in 1948 is also one of the places to visit, with mural paintings by Almada Negreiros.
The Palace of the Counts of Óbidos, is also known as Palácio da Rocha, originating from its location, set on top of a huge rocky hill, which because of being so high, you can see the Tagus river from there.
Places to visit in the interior
There are many and varied tile panels and fresco paintings. Even the entrance, on the main façade, is flanked by six tile panels designed by Colonel Vitoria Pereira and drawn in 1937, with figures of a nobleman, a halberd, that is, a man armed with a halberd, or archer and a lady.
Dining Room and Lobby
In the dining room, we can appreciate other panels of his own that represent curious palace scenes.
The atrium of the Palace of the Counts of Óbidos, showing the busts of King D. Luís I and Queen D. Maria Pia, protectors of the Red Cross in Portugal, gives access to the Library. The Palace is currently the headquarters of the Portuguese Red Cross and one of the places to visit in Lisbon.
Palace Library
In the Library of the Palace of the Red Cross, there is a large crystal chandelier, manufactured in Marinha Grande and the ceiling has a painting representing the Peace of Alvalade, in which Queen Santa Isabel appears mounted on a donkey, between King D. Dinis and his son D. Afonso IV.
On the walls of the various rooms of the Palácio dos Condes de Óbidos, you can see portraits of the presidents of the Portuguese Red Cross, as in the Sala D. João de Castro, including that of Maria de Jesus Barroso.
One of the places to visit in Lisbon
A Palace of great interest and not to be missed in Lisbon. From the Rocha Conde de Óbidos we see the Red Cross Palace.
The Palácio dos Condes de Óbidos can be visited by appointment, as can be seen on the website of the Portuguese Red Cross in the “Guided Tours”, just by clicking on the image below, which represents the main entrance to the Red Cross Palace .
You arrive through Jardim 9 de Abril and next to the National Museum of Ancient Art, the former Palace of the Counts of Alvor.
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Free
10.00 EUR
- WC/WC for the disabled
- Brochures
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- Events and meetings arrangement
- This is the headquarters of the Red Cross
- Visiting is possible only by prior arrangement
- Accessible for wheelchairs