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Rococo architecture in Portugal

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It is an architecture that follows the international taste in decoration, and, as a result of the contrast between dark granite and white walls, has a clearly Portuguese profile. The decoration is naturalist, based mainly in shells and leaves but also with architectural elements and sculpture.
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churches, particularly in the front. The elegant towers and dome cannot hide the Pombaline style vocabulary at the façade, despite the sculpture and relieves. The interior is covered with traditional Baroque coloured marbles.
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Pilgrimage places became fashionable, often built in places of rough prominence, allowing impressive staircases of big scenographic effect.
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In the south, as a result of the lower population density, the court taste and also of the consequence of the
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there are fewer rococo buildings. But there still remain many examples such as the
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