The Palácio da Carreira, built at the end of the 18th century (between 1785 and 1808) by the captain-mor of Santiago do Cacém, José Joaquim Salema de Andrade Guerreiro de Aboim, is one of the most characteristic late-baroque manor houses in the Alentejo, highlighting stands out both for its dimensions and for the decorative exuberance of its facades and interiors.

It is classified as a Monument of Public Interest

Located in Largo do Capitão-Mor, this palace is one of the most characteristic late-baroque manor houses in the Alentejo, both for its decorative exuberance on the facades and interiors, and for its dimensions.

It should be noted that the palace underwent works at the end of the 20th century to adapt it “to current housing needs”. An effort was made to create a division into two registers, based on the ground floor, main floor and the extension of the attic to the outside, in a mansard with rich decorative ornaments. The mansard, a space for contemplation, with a wrought-iron balcony decorated with gilded and rampant lions and seen from the castle’s barbican, presents us with its rear elevation, facing the garden and dominated by a beautiful mansard covered with tiles.

The ground floor, of great length, lined up six wrought-iron barred windows, a main door with very simple jambs and two simple doors topped by triangular pediments. The main floor lined up nine balcony doors and windows, with a wrought iron balcony, with the central window honoring the floor, with a richer decoration, as can be seen from the smiling masks and the well-crafted acanthus leaf.

The interior of the palace is divided into several rooms and features a set of wall paintings, with tile coverings, which combine the eclectic taste characteristic of the reign of D. Maria I with clearly neoclassical compositions, which here replace the late baroque.

Among the tile production, mention should also be made of the panels by the painter Luís Ferreira, known as “Ferreira das Tablets”, possibly made at the Viúva Lamego Ceramics Factory, in Lisbon.

It also boasts gardens and patios that make up one of the richest collections of 19th-century tiles in the country.

Source:https://turismo.cm-santiagocacem.pt/patrimonio-arquitetonico-civil/