Ribeira Palace
Lisbon, Portugal
No longer standing
Demolished or destroyed.
Ribeira Palace was the principal royal residence of the Kings of Portugal in Lisbon, built on the order of King Manuel I who deemed the Royal Alcáçova of São Jorge inadequate. Originally constructed in the Manueline style, the palace complex evolved through successive reconstructions into Mannerist and Baroque forms over its approximately 250-year history. The palace was devastated in the catastrophic 1755 earthquake that destroyed much of Lisbon; King José I, the reigning monarch at the time, developed claustrophobia from the disaster and withdrew to pavilions in the Ajuda hills, leaving the palace unrestored. Today, the Praça do Comércio occupies the site where the palace once stood, though locals still call it the Terreiro do Paço—the "Palace Yard"—a lasting echo of Lisbon's vanished royal seat.
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- Type
- palace, destroyed building or structure
- Place
- Lisbon, Portugal
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