Quinta da Carrafouchas

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There is not any document that allows us to retrace the history of the House of Carrafouchas, built at the beginning of the century there. XVIII. Its history only prays to stay there Junot. On April 8, 1879, the property is purchased by the Marquis of Valada Joaquim Franco Cannas, remaining in their family until the present. She currently belongs to Maria Veneranda Cannas da Silva Henriques. This sun is a beautiful example of the construction we can find both the North and the South of Portugal. In this type of house constructed according to a frontal view, the facade carefully designed develops in the length direction. The three distinct elements, consisting of the chapel, the residence and the wall of the courtyard, enclosed by an armored hatch, there are integrated in the same set. The chapels are generally just put in evidence during the first half of the eighteenth century, just occupying the edge of the facade. Is this the case, since the chapel is right subordinated to the cornice located in the extension of the house, only distinguishing it by a small bell and a pediment worked. Its façade, on which is inscribed the date of 1714, has the sobriety of the previous century, as exemplified by the residential part, punctuated by wide pilasters and the alignment of the windows of balconies with a cornice. The huge wall, with its armored portal, which gives access to the courtyard, is extended by the wall of attachments.

Very Portuguese in its architecture, this house also it is the predominance given to interior decoration of the chapel on the housing. Dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, this place of worship is a see-dadeira jewelry, which are associated with the Portuguese, gilded carvings, inlaid policromos, fresh red and golden marble, and blue and white tiles . The set is however very homogenous, thanks to the "leitmotiv" two-dimensional but very dynamic, for-mated by coils and scrolls of foliage. A similar treatment of these materials is explained by the ties that exist between the different bodies of crafts that were inspired, in most cases, the records of these same decorators.