“Book the 6:15p.m Tap Air Portugal flight from Newark to Lisbon, take a taxi directly to Palacio Belmonte, where you have booked the Bartolomeu de Gusmao room-a sprawling four level suite in a Moorish octogonal tower and go right to your private rooftop terrace where the sun is rising over the city and the sparkling harbor beyond. With any luck, just as the church bells are ringing, you’ll be surrounded by a flock of wilde lime green parrots racing off to start their day.” New York Oct 2005
Books with reference to Palácio Belmonte
- “Eléments pour une histoire de la municipalité de
Lisbonne”, by Eduardo Freire de Oliveira. 1894.
“Quartiers anciens de Lisbonne” Vol. I, by Julio Castilho,
Lisbon 1934.
“Le cartier de Santiago” Vol II, by Manuel Vaz Ferreira de Andrade, Lisbon 1948-1949.
“Inventaire de Lisbonne” Facs V, by Norberto de Araujo, Lisbon 1940-1956.
“Lisbonne de L à L”, by Luis Pastor Macedo, 1955-1968
“Monuments et edifices remarquables du district de Lisbonne”,
Vol V , Tome I, by D. Fernando de Almeida, Lisbon 1973.
“Azulejos de Portugal au XVIII siecle”, by J.M. dos Santos Simões, Lisbon 1979.
“La muraille dês Maures de Lisbonne”, by Augusto Vieira da Silva, Lisbon 1987.
“Dictionaire de l’Histoire de Lisbonne” by Santana, Francisco, Sucena, Eduardo (dir. de), Lisbon 1992.
“Lisbonne quartier de São Tiago”, by Ana Cristina Lourenço, Lisbon 1993.
“Pátios de Lisboa”, by Ana Cristina Leite, Lisbon 1991.
“Uma Biografia de Pedro de Figueiredo (1657-1722)”, by Maria João Andrade e Sousa, Lisbon 1998.
Desempenho Funcional de Edificios Complexos,uma monografia
by Filipa Baeta,Duarte Pape,Hugo Ribeiro,Silvia Morais,Maestrado en recuperacao e Conservacao do Patrimonio Construido do Instituto Superior Tecnico,2006