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The Valle-Flôr Palace was built in 1907 by a Portuguese marquis who spent so lavishly on the interiors — gilt ceilings, hand-painted frescoes, stained glass, marble everywhere — that he earned the nickname “The King of Diamonds.” The palace is now classified as a Portuguese National Monument. The gardens, with their centuries-old trees and views across the Tagus, are among the finest in Lisbon. 193 rooms, LHW member, and the most architecturally extravagant hotel in a city not short on architectural extravagance.
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A Casa Senhorial — Room by room, the architectural survey
TV Europa — He shipped the timber as boats, then took them apart
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