Portugal: Manor Houses of Mateus
Casa
de Mateus is a splendid manor house from the flamboyant 18th-century
Baroque era. The house is still depicted on the well-known Portuguese Mateus
Rose wine bottles, although the manor house is now independent from the
winery.
the front facade of the manor house
row of farm buildings and the facade of the church which is attached to the
house
Stables
are found just off the inner courtyard which leads to the formal gardens.
In back of the manor house are the threshing floor with rolling pin and the sheds in which the grain was stored.
The son of Mateus had a much smaller manor house across the valley. Look at it!
