Bernardino Lopes de Oliveira Palace

Bernardino Lopes de Oliveira Palace in Alcobaça

The Bernardino Lopes de Oliveira Palace in Alcobaça is a 19th century house owned by Bernardino Lopes de Oliveira.

This illustrious Alcobacense, who became Mayor of Alcobaça, emigrated, following the example of many other Portuguese to Brazil in search of better living conditions.

Having made a fortune there, he later returned to Portugal, contributing decisively to the development of his homeland.

It was precisely in the context of his return to Alcobaça that he built the Bernardino Lopes de Oliveira Palace, a bourgeois type building, in a romantic style, following the example of many other chalets and palaces built at the end of the 19th century in the city.

In the life of Bernardino Lopes de Oliveira the building functioned as a Consulate of Brazil in Alcobaça and on the ground floor there also functioned a personal Zoological Museum, constituted from the collection of birds of Brazilian and Portuguese fauna, and a collection of friars in clay of Porto production. Currently, it works as Housing Tourism.

The Palace is an excellent example of romantic architecture in Alcobaça and can be seen together with other examples of that architectural style, such as the Chalet Fonte Nova, Chalet Rino, Palacete do Pena, Araújo Guimarãe Palace and Palacete Cova da Onça.