🏛️ Cultural Landscape of Sintra

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Sintra, officially the Town of Sintra, is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of 319.23 square kilometres (123.26 sq mi). Sintra is one of the most urbanized and densely populated municipalities of Portugal. A major tourist destination famed for its picturesqueness, the municipality has several historic palaces, castles, scenic beaches, parks and gardens.

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Cultural Landscape of Sintra is a cultural World Heritage site in Portugal, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Cultural Landscape of Sintra was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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