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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.
The square (also called by its former name Terreiro do Paço), wholly wiped out by the great earthquake of 1755, has seen its share of watershed political events: King Carlos and his son were felled by an assassin’s bullets there in 1908, and it was the site of one of the first uprisings of the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
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.
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).
Just down the hill is the massive Paço dos Duques de Bragança (Ducal Palace), a mix between a French château and a crusader castle.