House of Garcia de Resende with Manueline window

Category: Civil Architecture > House

District: Évora > Évora > Évora > São Mamede, Sé, São Pedro e Santo Antão

History and Location

, Located among the houses in the vicinity of the Évora Cathedral.

, Traditionally attributed to the poet of the Songbook and chronicler Garcia de Resende, who belonged to the chapel of his family's entail.

, An elegant Manueline window, sculpted in marble and granite from the region, with Mudéjar and late-Gothic influences.

, The window is double-lancet with polylobate arches and a central colonnette, framed by two buttresses with florets.

, Fluted colonnettes were later added in the 19th century, creating a second framing.

, The original work of the window is attributed to the architect Diogo de Arruda, active in Évora in the early 16th century.

, The house is distributed around an interior patio.

, It has a ground floor, a noble floor where the Manueline window is located, and a smaller third floor with uneven terraces.

, Most of the compartments have vaults.

, The original structure has been greatly altered, but it retains characteristics of a southern Portuguese urban dwelling.

, Soundings carried out in the 1980s revealed several walled-up structures from the 16th century, such as openings, arches, chimneys, and wells.

, The windows on the noble floor, which frame the Manueline window, were worked in the 19th century in a Manueline revival style.

, The facade has sgraffito decoration, imitating ashlar stone, the result of a romantic intervention aimed at giving the building a more solemn tone.

Sources: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Garcia_de_Resende

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.pt