Casa de São Bernardo

Casa de São Bernardo is a building in Cascais in the Lisbon District of Portugal that was owned by Bernardo Pinheiro Correia de Melo, First Count of Arnoso, who was private secretary to King Carlos.

It is considered to be an example of the summer architecture found in Cascais and neighbouring Estoril from the 1870s onwards.

[1][2][3] The Casa de São Bernardo was called the "Minho house" as its design is reminiscent of the buildings found in Minho Province in the north of Portugal, where Correia de Melo was born, and was the first of the summer architecture buildings to be built in what was regarded as "Portuguese style".

The King, who was an enthusiastic watercolour artist, would occasionally paint at the house.

[1][3] Casa de São Bernardo is now owned by the Cascais Marina.