CANTARINHOS

QUINTA DOS CANTARINHOS

2.800.000 € 3.500.000 €
Ref.: 11
  • 8
  • 1100 m2
  • 1030000 m2

Description

Quinta dos Cantarinhos has been an unmissable place in Portalegre since its existence. Northeast of Portalegre, in the old Pena de São Tomé, located at the top of the Serra de São Mamede, at six hundred and seventy-three meters above sea level, we find the Herdade dos Cantarinhos, which has in the heart of its grounds, a magnificent residence that had origin in the manor tower, today uninhabited and for some years it has been kept only for private, family events, but still intact. This tower is integrated into a housing complex built from its walls to the south and west, from which two two-story wings depart, joined by a third, to form an interior courtyard. Access to these wings is through granite portals with a Mannerist appearance, which indicate that they date back to the 17th century, which is quite expected. Judging by the pavilions attached to most of the Alentejo "domus fortis", also from that time. The Tower is today accessible from the first floor of the wings built to the "south and west", and is architecturally added to the complex, painted white, like the other buildings, and devoid of battlements, although it is still a volume that stands out above the roofs. Despite being made up of only two floors, it rises fourteen meters high. On a square base with eight meters on a side. It should be noted, however, that the façade has a row of four corbels on which a balcony probably sat, which could demonstrate the previous existence of a third floor or a balcony inspired by the terrace of the Torre de Coelheiros. The ground floor is accessible through a recent door and is currently used only for storage. The first floor, with high ceilings, features a window with conversation tables, a window door, two access doors to the adjacent wings and a narrow access door to the helical staircase. The ceiling is covered by a starry vault profusely decorated with floral motifs, ropes, acanthus leaves and the coat of arms of the Sousas de Arronches in the center of the complex. On the exterior of the facades, we highlight two openings with Manueline ornamentation in very degraded granite, one on the "East" facade in a double arch with two archivolts of bases with Manueline decoration of ropes and basketwork carved into four lobes, on the top, and framed with ball motifs from the same decorative chain. On the north side, clearly visible from the outside, there is a cylindrical tower attached to which is located a helical staircase that today only connects the first floor to the terrace, although apparently it is a more recent construction. We remember that this way of placing the staircase can also be seen in the Torre do Carvalhal and the Torre da Giesteira, although, unfortunately, we do not know whether they were built before or after the Torre dos Cantarinhos.
Property type
Farm
Typology
T5+
Purpose
For sale
State
Re-sale
Price
2.800.000 €
Construction year
1531
Baths
Energy certificate
F
District
Portalegre
Council
Portalegre
Parish
Reguengo e São Julião
Zona
-
Living area:
1100 m2
Land area:
1030000 m2





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