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 pretty town is most remarkable for its impressive 16th-century Paço Ducal (Ducal Palace) of the Bragança family, the last of Portugal’s royal dynasties.

  • Located right in the center of town is the spectacular Palácio Nacional de Sintra (also called the Paço Real, or Royal Palace), easily recognized by its two huge, white conical chimneys.

  • 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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