Summer architecture

The movement is not characterized by any single architectural style or artistic school, but rather unified by common themes, including leisure, wellness, exoticism, and heterotopia.

In time, rich businessmen also built summer houses, including Jorge O'Neil, a tobacco baron, and Henrique de Sommer, who became Portugal's leading cement producer.

They were eclectic, both in their individual designs and in the wide range of architectural styles chosen by the owners, and aimed for a high level of external decoration.

[12] The Palácio do Conde de Castro Guimarães used a Revivalist approach that included Neo-romanticism, Neo-Gothic, Neo-Manueline and Neo-Moorish styles.

Nevertheless, the building of exotic summer houses continued and extended to neighbouring Estoril, which was becoming a popular resort area and opened a casino in 1916.

Palacete Seixas in Cascais, designed by Norte Júnior .
Casa de Santa Maria in Cascais, was designed by Raul Lino in 1902.
The Palácio dos Condes de Castro Guimarães in Cascais
Casa Lencastre was built in 1898
Palmela Palace , built in 1874
Estoril 's Chalet Barros, also known as Forte da Cruz, built in 1894.
Sintra 's Casa dos Penedos (top) and Palácio Valenças (bottom) are UNESCO World Heritage