06 · Art Hotels
Palácio Belmonte
Lisbon, Portugal
A fifteenth-century palace built onto two Moorish towers and a stretch of Roman wall in Alfama
Blue and white tile panels of the eighteenth century cover whole walls, running from skirting to ceiling in continuous scenes. Beams are exposed above them and the floors are wide dark boards. In some rooms the plaster stops and the bare stone of the earlier tower is left open on the same wall.
The palace dates from 1449 and was raised against the city wall, taking in two towers of the Moorish period and a section of Roman masonry below them. Later centuries added floors, courtyards and a garden held in by the old defences, so the plan follows the wall rather than any straight line. A restoration in the 1990s kept the tile panels and turned the house into a small hotel of suites.
The house stands on the ridge of Alfama, just below the walls of São Jorge Castle and above the tiled roofs that fall towards the river. Lanes here are narrow, stepped and often too tight for cars. From the terrace the view runs across the old quarter to the Tagus and the long bridge beyond it.
Last gone over · June 2026
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