to take place at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, on the 5th and 6th of December, 2016
António Nunes Pereira
Palácio Nacional da Pena | Palácio de Monserrate | Chalet da Condessa d’Edla
“Burgromantik” in Portugal: Palace of Pena and its recent rediscovery of an artistic purpose
He studied Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the former University of Technology of Lisbon, now University of Lisbon. Between 1991 and 2003 he lived in Germany. From 1993 until 2000 he worked as
Assistant at the Department of Protection of Building Heritage of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology, Aachen. Since 2010 Nunes Pereira is the director of the Nacional Palace of Pena and from
2015 onwards also of the Palace of Monserrate and of the Chalet of the Countess of Edla, Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua, S.A.. In 2016 he was nominated treasurer of the ARRE, the European Royal Residences Network for the period 2016-2019.