Sintra, new capital of ancient ceramics

A foundation opened to the public on February 22nd on the heights of Sintra , near Lisbon. From this traditional "quinta" (the equivalent of a Spanish hacienda) that its owners, the Brazilian real estate magnate Renato de Albuquerque and his granddaughter Mariana, have endowed with a beautiful garden of palm trees, cacti and other endemic succulents, then enriched with contemporary extensions, one can see the open sea. It is by this ocean, braved since the ^15th century by the first Portuguese long-distance navigators , that the house treasures came, until then confidential but which we discover today accessible, perfectly displayed in the basement on more than 2000 m² of galleries and glass reserves.

Here, past the azulejos of a ground floor occupied by a shop selling contemporary ceramic creations, a specialist library, a restaurant as well as various spaces intended for visual artists invited in residence, are some 2,600 porcelain objects...