The Fronteira Palace – from War Time to the Triumph of Peace





• The Fronteira Palace – from War Time to the Triumph of Peace

  Item Type	Book Section
  Editor	Carlos V. Estêvão
  Editor	José Manuel Martins Lopes
  Editor	Ana Paula Pinto
  Editor	Artur Ilharco Galvão
  Editor	João Carlos Onofre Pinto
  Editor	Maria José Lopes
  Editor	Paulo C. Dias
  Editor	Ricardo Barroso Batista
  Author	Jorge de Novaes Bastos
  Abstract	The XVIIth Cent. Fronteira Palace and surrounding Estate is located in Benfica, Lisbon, at the Monsanto Park foothill. From early ages, this country area was known for the farming and hunting activities. When the future King D. Pedro II challenged his friend, the Count D. João de Mascarenhas to be invited for a hunting party in his Estate. The Count excused himself and asked for some time extension to improve his modest dwellings in order to host this important Royal guest and his entourage. As a result, the construction of a remarkable Palace took place completed with magnificent gardens. This architectural ensemble with its set of glazed tiles (“azulejos”) panels provides a deep insight into the Portuguese built heritage. In the first floor (“piano nobile”), a large assembly room – the Room of the Battles, depicts on the walls azulejos panels the major battles where the Count participated and major victories against the invading Spanish Army. These Restoration War battles are a living testimony of the Portuguese need of freedom. The outdoor space adjacent to this interior war room is located the Liberal Arts Gallery where knowledge is emphasized. Along this extensive veranda promenade, the trivium and the quadrivium areas of knowledge are represented on large azulejos panels separated by white marble statues representing the mythology gods. The N-S frontier wall dividing the indoor and the outdoor spaces is covered with the Poetry azulejos panel, probably, to elate this supreme art form. The major purpose of this work is to present an important art legacy created more than 300 years ago with the importance of the arts over the war disasters. A promise of an enduring brighter future through education and culture may improve our lives.
  Date	2025
  Language	English
  Library Catalog
  URL	https://doi.org/10.17990/AxiSeries/2025_05_267
  Rights	© 2025 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural
  Place	Braga
  Publisher	Axioma - Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia
  ISBN	978-972-697-397-3 978-972-697-398-0
  Pages	267-282
  Series	Axioma Series in Pedagogy and Philosophy of Education
  Series Number	5
  Edition	1
  Book Title	Educação e Cultura de Paz: Memória, Verdade e Perdão
  Date Added	11/6/2025, 4:55:39 PM
  Modified	11/6/2025, 8:24:07 PM

  Tags:

  • architecture, gardens, glazed tiles, liberal arts, palace, poetry

  Notes:

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    Ortega y Gasset, José, Meditaciones del Quijote, (in Spanish); edición facsimile de la primera edición de 1914; (Madrid: Alianza Editorial S.A., Fundación José Ortega y Gasset - Gregório Marañon, Fundación Residencia de Estudiantes, 2014).

    Pais, Amelia Pinto (org.) – Os Lusíadas por Luís de Camões, (in Portuguese), (high school edition), (Porto: Areal Edit., 2011).

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