Quinta da Regaleira, or Regaleira Palace, is one of the youngest palaces of Sintra. This particular Palace was bought by a man called António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro, a really rich man that inherited a great fortune from his father in the late 1800. His family was Portuguese but, Mr "Monteiro of the Millions", this is how he was known for, was born in Brasil, Rio de Janeiro. He was a quite curious man, had a law degree in Coimbra, but he was a philosopher, also a botanic fa