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One sheet original
vintage travel poster from the late 1940s, promoting the Portuguese town of Sintra. The poster was created by the artist Ribeiro and uses a quote from Lord Byron to describe the location.
Poster Information
Artist: Ribeiro
Location: Sintra, Portugal
Year: Circa 1949 (some sources suggest 1947)
Quote: "...A GLORIOUS EDEN...", attributed to British poet Lord Byron, who visited Sintra in 1809 and described it as "the most beautiful village in the world" in a letter and in his poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Printer: Lito de Portugal, Lisbon
Buildings Depicted: The poster features several prominent landmarks in a romantic, lush landscape style.
The two iconic, cone-shaped white chimneys in the foreground belong to the National Palace of Sintra (Palácio Nacional de Sintra).
The castle on the hilltop to the left likely represents the Pena Palace (Palácio da Pena), a vibrant Romanticist castle.
The ruins on the adjacent hill might be the ancient Moorish Castle (Castelo dos Mouros), which offers a view of the coastline. |
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