High Cross
High Cross is a cross in União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim), Sintra, Lisbon District. High Cross is situated nearby to Pena Park, as well as near Pena Castle.Photo: Kačka a Ondra, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pena Castle and Pena Park.
Pena Castle
Photo: Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area. Pena Castle is situated 620 metres north of High Cross.
Quinta da Regaleira
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Quinta da Regaleira is a quinta constructed from 1904 to '10 and located near the historic centre of Sintra, Portugal. It is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra". Quinta da Regaleira is situated 1½ km north of High Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Pedro de Penaferrim and Linhó.
São Pedro de Penaferrim
Suburb
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
São Pedro de Penaferrim is a suburb.
Linhó
Hamlet
High Cross
Latitude
38.78205° or 38° 46′ 55″ northLongitude
-9.39135° or 9° 23′ 29″ westElevation
505 metres (1,657 feet)Height
4.2 metres (14 feet)Open location code
8CCGQJJ5+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3906378865OpenStreetMap feature
historic=crossOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crossGeoNames ID
10174376Wikidata ID
Q106689681
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Portuguese—“High Cross” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “クルス・アルタ”
- Portuguese: “Cruz Alta”
- “Cruz Alta”
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