Example sentences for: paço

How can you use “paço” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Paço used to be the favorite country house of the family, who often preferred hunting in the enormous surrounding park to the fuss of Lisbon or the cold of their palace in Bragança in northern Portugal (see page 84).

  • The Paço Episcopal (Bishop’s Palace) is home to a regional museum, displaying a splendid collection of highly elaborate colchas (bedspreads), as well as 16th-century tapestries.

  • The Duke of Bragança was crowned King João IV in a festive ceremony that took place on Lisbon’s beautiful riverfront square, the Terreiro do Paço (today the Praça do Comércio).

  • Just down the hill is the massive Paço dos Duques de Bragança (Ducal Palace), a mix between a French château and a crusader castle.

  • On 1 February 1908, the royal family was riding in an open carriage along the Lisbon river front plaza, Terreiro do Paço, when an assassin opened fire and killed King Carlos and the heir to the throne, Prince Luis Filipe.


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