CiTadelCasCais

palaCe

CiTadelCasCais

palaCe

The home of kings and presidenTs, The CasCais CiTadel palaCe is now a spaCe open To The publiC.

In 1870, at the behest of King Louis I, the Cascais Citadel Palace was adapted

to serve as summer residence for the Royal Family. It was his son, Carlos I,

who added a floor onto the Santa Catarina pavilion where he installed the

royal apartments and Portugal’s very first marine biology laboratory.

With the change of regime, the Cascais Citadel Palace was handed over to

the Presidency of the Republic, and was used occasionally by the Heads of

State as a summer house or safe haven. President Óscar Carmona chose

it as his main residence, adding to it the Glass Lounge, a project by the

engineer Duarte Pacheco.

After a period of abandonment and neglect, when the Cascais Citadel Palace

suffered considerable decline, it was restored and rehabilitated on the

orders of President Aníbal Cavaco Silva with the support of the Municipality

of Cascais and the Portuguese tourist board.

More than a century later, the Palace gained a new status and function, and

was opened to the public for the first time.

Besides its museological component, the Palace serves as accommodation

for foreign heads of state and other guests of the president, to host official

ceremonies and other presidential activities.

The management model of the Cascais Citadel Palace also allows the

Museum of the Presidency of the Republic to hire out the space for non-

official events.

The reCenT rehabiliTaTion of The CasCais CiTadel palaCe made iT possible To use some of The rooms for purposes suCh as: banqueTs, lunChes and dinners; business meeTings; ConCerTs; ConferenCes; and The launCh of produCTs and brands.

Banquet Hall

Glass lounGe

Billiards room

Garden House

Multimedia and audiovisual equipment · Support furniture · Cloakroom · Accessibility for users with reduced mobility · Air conditioned · Elevator · Goods lift · Industrial kitchen and food preparation area · Change rooms and showers · Security

support infrastructure

Contacts:Diogo Gaspar

DirectorE-mail: museu@presidencia.pt

Telephone: 213614660

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