#Spiral knights free
Here, the tiles depict the cross of the Knights Templar, a symbol exclusive to Free Masons who believe in the Christian doctrine. Notice the Templar Cross at the very bottomĪt the very bottom of the well is a circular floor, simply decorated with coloured tiles in shades of ochre. Looking all the way down into the Initiation Well. This combination of interests, mixed in with his spirituality as a Free Mason gave rise to the magical Quinta da Regaleira. He had a true passion for the natural sciences and dedicated many years of his life studying the insects of Brazil and Europe. The wealthy eccentric who bought the place, Carvalho Monteiro, was an etymologist with a great love for lyrical poetry. Perhaps, when we consider the man who owned the estate, its otherworldly architecture might seem less inexplicable. With clever architecture, tapping into a multitude of mystical beliefs throughout time and many different cultures, the palace has managed to conjure up an atmosphere of enchantment. The Quinta da Regaleira is a place half in the real, and half in an imagined world. Its towers and bridges seemed not to be man made, but created by the sprits of nature. Here you can see the corridors on the first basement floor that connect with tunnel from the Chapelīut what drew me to the palace, most of all, was how it seemed to have been conjured up by magic from the stones of the mountain of Sintra itself. The main building the the Quinta da Regaleira. Why was there such an opulent palace hidden in a forest? Who would build a well you could walk into, and for what purpose? Why were there Greek gods and goddesses in a place with distinctly Christian architecture? These were questions that made the Quinta da Regaleira captivating to me. There were so many mysterious things about it. The palace is in the Neo-Manueline style, a variation on the Gothic style The main palace of the Quinta da Regaleira.
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