Palace of Ajuda
The Palace of Ajuda is a neoclassical monument in the civil parish of Ajuda in the city of Lisbon, central Portugal. Built on the site of a temporary wooden building constructed to house the royal family after the 1755 earthquake and tsunami, it was originally begun by architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, who planned a late Baroque-Rococo building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Wednesday: closed - Email: geral@pnajuda.dgpc.pt
- Type: Museum
- Description: building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Ajuda National Palace” and “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capela Real da Ajuda and Jardim das Damas.
Capela Real da Ajuda
Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capela Real da Ajuda is situated 130 metres northeast of Palace of Ajuda.
Jardim das Damas
Park
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jardim das Damas is a park, which is situated 140 metres northwest of Palace of Ajuda.
Monastery of the Hieronymites
Protected area
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal. Monastery of the Hieronymites is situated 1¼ km southwest of Palace of Ajuda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ajuda and Belém.
Ajuda
Village
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Ajuda is a freguesia and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Ajuda is located in western Lisbon, northeast of Belém and west of Alcântara. The population in 2011 was 15,617.
Alcântara
Village
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Alcântara is a freguesia of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in western Lisbon, Alcântara is to the east of Ajuda and Belém and west of Estrela and Campo de Ourique. Alcântara had a population in 2011 of 13,943.
Palace of Ajuda
- Categories: palace, cultural heritage, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ajuda, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70747° or 38° 42′ 27″ northLongitude
-9.19776° or 9° 11′ 52″ westElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8CCGPR42+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 12609419502OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Palace of Ajuda” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Ajuda sarayı”
- Belarusian: “Ажуда”
- Belarusian: “Палац Ажуда”
- Catalan: “Palau d’Ajuda”
- Chinese: “阿茹达宫”
- Chinese: “阿茹達宮”
- Czech: “Ajuda”
- Czech: “Palác Ajuda”
- Czech: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Dutch: “Palacio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Dutch: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- French: “palais national d’Ajuda”
- French: “Palais national d’Ajuda”
- Galician: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- German: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Greek: “Παλάτι της Αζούδα”
- Hebrew: “הארמון הלאומי אז’ודה”
- Indonesian: “Istana Ajuda”
- Italian: “Palazzo Nazionale di Ajuda”
- Japanese: “アジュダ宮殿”
- Malay: “Istana Negara Ajuda”
- Polish: “Pałac Ajuda”
- Portuguese: “Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Ajuda”
- Portuguese: “Paço da ajuda”
- Portuguese: “Palácio da ajuda”
- Portuguese: “Palacio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Portuguese: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Portuguese: “Real barraca”
- Russian: “Ажуда”
- Russian: “Дворец Ажуда”
- Scots: “Pailace o Ajuda”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Ajuda”
- Spanish: “Palacio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Spanish: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Spanish: “Palacio Nacional de Ajuda”
- Swedish: “Palácio da Ajuda”
- Turkish: “Ajuda Sarayı”
- Turkish: “Palácio Nacional da Ajuda”
- Ukrainian: “Ажудський палац”
- Ukrainian: “Палац Ажуда”
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