Monday, December 12, 2005

Palacio Pena in Sintra, Portugal


Palacio Pena in Sintra, Portugal
Originally uploaded by maujb.
This quintessentially whimisical fairy tale castle was built in 1840 as a royal summer residence and is the most important example of Portuguese architecture in the Romantic period.

This is where Walt Disney found the inspriration for his own whimisical castle in the Kingdom of Anaheim.

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