In the middle of the enormous agricultural plain of territories of Estremadura, the wind mills rise, with their white walls and their blue socles, that warn to us of the arrival Mafra. Nothing else to arrive at this villa, is easy to appreciate how all the life turns surroundings “to the Palace”, as their inhabitants say. And it is that Palace-Convent de Mafra is an imposing building, of extraordinary measures that lodge in their interior 666 rooms.
This Palace, errand to construct in 1717 by Joao V, the call King Portuguese Sun, is a true labyrinth of “joanino” baroque style and is considered like the greater religious construction of the country. This majestic Integra building a palace, a basilica and a convent. The marbles, bas-relief and sculptures of the church compete in beauty with the library and the Room of the Throne.
The carillons of the basilica, that have 92 bells between their two towers, dismiss to us of the National Palace, although annexed she is the National Woman who hides herself with mantel. It is a gigantic park of 819 hectares, that can be crossed on foot, to horse, in bici or a small train. It was the old boundary of hunting of the Real House and still nowadays we can see gamos, deer, wild boars, wolves, jinetas, ferrets and eagles in freedom. The museums of Hunting and Cars of century XIX also deserve a visit.