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Encyclopedia Britannica



MAFRA

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 300 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
MAFRA , a town of Portugal, in the
district
  of Lisbon (formerly in the province of Estremadura); near the Atlantic
coast
  and the right bank of the river Lizandro, and 20 M. N.W. of Lisbon. Pop. (1900), 4769. Mafra is remarkable for its monastery, church, and palace, built by John V. in 1717-1732, in consequence of a vow made during a dangerous illness to build a convent for the poorest friary of the kingdomwhich proved to be a small Franciscan
settlement
  here. The architects, Johann
Friedrich
  Ludwig of Regensburg, and his son Johann Peter, took the Escurial for their model; but the imitation is less successful than the
original
 , though the cost exceeded 4,000,000. The building is in the form of a parallelogram measuring upwards of 800 ft. from north to
south
  and 700 ft. from
east
  to west; it is said to contain 866 rooms, and to be lighted by no fewer than 5200 windows. The centre is occupied by the church, sumptuously built of
marble
 , and richly adorned with statues and other objects of art. In each of the twin towers there is a chime of 57 bells. Part of the palace, originally designed as barracks, is used as a military
academy
 . Adjoining the palace are fine gardens and a royal model farm.


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