Places
Quinta dos Cónegos
- / António Pinto Leite e Pais de Figueiredo
Séc. XVIII / 1996
Saturday + Sunday
Câmara Municipal da Maia
Open Visits
Free visits limited to the garden areas
Regular Visits
Tours
Sat 17h + Sun 16h, Mário Aguiar (Tourism Technician C.M.Maia) / Sun 10h, Historian José Maia Marques
Maximum 10 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Quinta dos Cónegos, in Maia, expresses the spirit of the 18th century and the influence of the Baroque. An appeal to construction that marvels, that transforms nature into an aesthetic appeal, that moulds taste to the period. The earliest recorded building dates back to the 17th century, known at the time as Quinta de Barreiros. Some authors place the current building between 1727 and 1737 (18th century), in the purest Baroque style and strongly influenced by the Nasoni school. It is a space of memory, of continuous renovation without losing the thread of time, from the baroque to the gardens, from water to stone, from the white of the walls to the green of nature. In the early 1990s, Quinta dos Cónegos was completely renovated in accordance with the architectural and decoration project by António Pinto Leite, helped by the dedicated collaboration of Pais de Figueiredo and Santos Farinha. (Graça Correia and Joel Cleto, OHP’22)
Location
Rua do Souto, 363
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha C - Parque Maia
Bus: STCP 603, 604 / UNIR 6005, 6014