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À L'ANCIEN RÈGIME IS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF ROCOCO
Fountain - Queluz 
Queluz 
Queluz - Portugal
Queluz (Portugal) The hall of Ambassadors
Queluz Palace - Also known as the Portuguese Versailles
Queluz  palace, an 18th century-royal residence which is one of the main rococo buildings in Portugal.
Mirror, Queluz National Palace in Portugal There are mirrors everywhere in the palace. On the walls, doorways, and windows. Be it the Rococo Style, or that they just like them, it is a little disconcerting. The palace was conceived as a summer retreat for Dom Pedro of Braganza, later to become husband and then king consort to his own niece, Queen Maria I. It served as a discreet place of incarceration for Queen Maria as her descent into madness continued in the years following Dom Pedro’s death in 1786 and the death of their child.
Queluz Palace in Lisbon The Ball Room The Ballroom, the last of the palace’s three largest rooms, was designed by Robillon in 1760. The ormolu Rococo ornament takes the form of heavy gilding to the walls and ceiling, of such richness that it has been compared with that of François de Cuvilliés’ Amalienburg at Schloss Nymphenburg. The walls and doors are mirrored and the painted and gilded, coffered ceiling is supported by golden caryatids.A great place to throw a party 
Rococo party by campra on Flickr.Queluz palace
Queluz National Palace, Portugal