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and fire destroyed the palace and most of Lisbon. The 70,000-volume royal library housed within the palace, as well as hundreds of works of art, were lost. The royal archives disappeared together with detailed historical records of explorations by Vasco da Gama and other early navigators. King Joseph
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ruled Portugal, that the Portuguese Renaissance truly flourished, and Ribeira Palace was one of its centers. It was a beacon for artists, scientists, navigators, and noblemen from all over Portugal and Europe alike. It was at Ribeira Palace, in 1515, that
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The old Palace Square (Terreiro do Paço) gave rise to a new square, the Pombaline Commerce Square (Praça do Comércio). The two towers at the corners of the square are still reminiscent of the old tower of the Ribeira Palace.
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In 1502, the palace had been built large enough so that the Portuguese Royal Court could begin moving into the palace. In 1508, King Manuel I started expansion works on the palace, which ended in 1510, and appointed
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The groundbreaking of the palace was in 1498. The new palace was not to be located on a high and easily protected fortress hill, like the Palace of Alcáçova was, but instead was built on the river shore of the
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in the capital from scratch due to both monetary concerns and outcry from the court, King John V turned his attention to the Ribeira Palace. The original manueline chapel was turned into a magnificent
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succeeded the throne, the Palace of Alcáçova was a large, but cramped, complex, not fitting with the tastes of King Manuel I. With his lucrative profits from Portugal's monopoly on the
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as head architect of the project. The King was an absolutist in all manners, and sought to concentrate all his powers in Ribeira Palace, by holding the
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To better suit Lisbon for King Philip I's extravagant court, the King ordered the remodeling and expansion of Ribeira Palace, under the authority of
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style, among others, the palace included various wings, loggia, balconies, gardens, and courtyards. The main loggia of the palace, facing the
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for King Manuel I. The palace was also where other great Portuguese and European artists and scholars presented themselves, including
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started a large series of constructions and renovations throughout Portugal, seeking to rehabilitate the kingdom after the
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church, and the palace gained another wing for the queen, parallel to the previous one, commissioned to the Italian
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Ribeira Palace in its mid-18th century Mannerist and Baroque form, only years before its destruction in the
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unsuitable. The palace complex underwent numerous reconstructions and reconfigurations from the original
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era was a vast and modern palatial complex, including an opera and cathedral. On the left, there is the
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by John V of Portugal", one of the few representations of the interior of the Ribeira Palace (1748)
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complex. The highlight of the Philippine renovations was the reconstruction and enlargement of the
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sponsored a set of enlargements and renovations to the palace, which, most notably, altered the
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of Lisbon. The royal family abandoned the Ribeira area and moved to palaces in the areas of
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O Paço da Ribeira nas Vésperas do Terramoto (Dissertação de Mestrado em História de Arte)
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The hallmark of the palace, not just in the Manueline era but in all its history, was its
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When King Philip I left Lisbon, in 1583, Ribeira Palace became the official seat of the
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The Ribeira Palace, as well as most of the city of Lisbon, was destroyed in the
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and chose to live the rest of his life in a group of pavilions in the hills of
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uses Ribeira Palace in the background as a metonym for the city: King
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departs from the Palace Square, en route to England, 23 April 1662
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built a Royal Opera House by the palace, designed by the Italian
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I was not at the palace and survived. His prime minister, the
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style, was the head of his royal and imperial administration.
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The palace of King Manuel I, and his successors until King
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Engraving of the Ribeira Palace after the 1755 earthquake
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shipyard and near all the major Lisbon trading houses.
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seized the throne, in 1580, the newly acclaimed King
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Ribeira palace was situated next to the 98:, and thus the palace was never rebuilt. 16:Former royal palace in Lisbon (1498–1755) 488: 440: 394: 305: 289: 202: 152:had used the Palace of Alcáçova, in the 123: 18: 999:House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 410:Another king to improve the palace was 109:Terreiro do Paço ("Palace Yard/Square") 1246: 525: 795: 604: 38: 878:Portuguese succession crisis of 1580 101:Today, Lisbon's primary square, the 1231:His Most Faithful Majesty's Council 375:. 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1755 Lisbon earthquake
[ʁiˈbɐjɾɐ]
Portuguese
Kings of Portugal
Lisbon
Manuel I of Portugal
Royal Alcáçova of São Jorge
Manueline
Mannerist
Baroque
1755 earthquake
José I
claustrophobia
Ajuda
Praça do Comércio

Holy Martyrs of Lisbon
Manuel I
Manueline
Siege of Lisbon
monarchs of Portugal
São Jorge Castle
Lisbon
Manuel I of Portugal
spice trade
Tagus river
Age of Discoveries
Diogo de Arruda
Portuguese Cortes

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