Palácio do Grilo
Palácio do Grilo—also known as Palácio dos Duques de Lafões—belongs to Lisbon’s long story of rebuilding after catastrophe, and it earned its fame through a royal refusal in 1755. The complex rises on the Grilo Farm, in the Beato parish, on lands linked to the Convento de São Bento de Xabregas, and it was constructed in 1760 by D. João Mascarenhas da Silva, the 2nd Duke of Lafões. Architecturally, the palace is predominantly Neoclassical, but it is “punctuated by baroque expressions and motifs,” reflecting a transitional taste of the 18th century. Its best-known episode follows Lisbon’s massive earthquake of 1 November 1755, when D. Pedro Henrique de Bragança is tied to a political drama: he refused to light his residence during the marriage between Infant D. Pedro III and D. Maria I. …
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