Jardim do Cerco - Mafra, Lisboa
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RuiJSDuarte
N 38° 56.293 W 009° 19.601
29S E 471687 N 4309971
One very beautifull and big garden in Mafra.
Waymark Code: WMCWTW
Location: Portugal
Date Posted: 10/20/2011
Views: 12
Situated in between the magnificent Mafra National Palace and the Mafra Tapada, in a Baroque Style, the Jardim do Cerco was created by king D. João the 5th in 1718.
This garden has two different parts: the Botanical Garden, with a pond, and the Woods, with, now gonne, hunting purposes.
Jardim do Cerco has free admission in is space, of a baroque style, used by kings and princes, a perfect garden for the great work of art that the Mafra National Palace is.
Right up until the extinction of the religious orders, in 1834, the Jardim do Cerco was utilized by the monastic orders that lived in the Convent, and after that date started to belong exclusively to the Royal Family (both this garden, the Palace and the Tapada) right until the declaration of the Portuguese Republic.
Nowadays the Palace belongs to the Municipal Borough of Mafra and is opened to all.
In the Garden it is also possible to use the Children’s park and a snack park.
Name: Jardim do Cerco
Street Location: Largo General Humberto Delgado
Local Municipality: Mafra
State/Province, etc.: Lisboa
Country: Portugal
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: No
Date Established: 1718
Picnic Facilities: Tables and chairs
Recreational Facilities:
Children's Playground, Hiking, Woods
Monuments/Statues: Statues
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): There are several sculptures at wood crossroads.
Fountains: Yes
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Lake
Special Events: Bread festival, music (jazz) fest
Traditional Geocaches:
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