Custodio Vieira da Silva in The National Palace.Caption: Sintra is one of the most entrancing places in the world. On a massive rock in the hills behind Lisbon, It was the country seat of the kings of Portugal, and their palace, which dominates the village, is memorable not only for its fantastic conical conical /con·i·cal/ (kon´i-k'l) cone-shaped. con·i·cal or con·ic adj. Of, relating to, or shaped like a cone. kitchen chimneys, but for the intricacy in·tri·ca·cy n. pl. in·tri·ca·cies 1. The condition or quality of being intricate; complexity. 2. Something intricate: the intricacies of a census form. Noun 1. of Its Mudejar architecture: a subtle blend of Classical and Arab themes. The building is admirably and clearly explained by Jose Custodlo Vieira da Silva in The National Palace, Sintra (Scala, London, [pounds sterling]12.95), a beautifully illustrated exemplar ex·em·plar n. 1. One that is worthy of imitation; a model. See Synonyms at ideal. 2. One that is typical or representative; an example. 3. An ideal that serves as a pattern; an archetype. 4. of its type. With excellent drawings and beautiful photographs, the strange atmosphere of the place leaps from the pages. This image of the place sums up its marvellous organic higgledy-piggledy quality, which is simultaneously formal and Informal, urban and rural. The book works for bath architects and laymen (Judging by my Instant straw poll straw poll or vote Noun an unofficial poll or vote taken to find out the opinion of a group or the public on some issue Noun 1. ). Buy It. |
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