Magpies room

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Magpies room

 

ceiling of Sala das Pegas

Pegas' Room (Sala das Pegas); the magpies (pegas) painted on the ceiling and the frieze hold the emblem por bem (for honour) in their beaks. This relates to the story that the king John I was caught in the act of kissing a lady-in-waiting by his queen Philippa of Lancaster. To put a stop to all the gossip, he had the room decorated with as many magpies are were women at the court.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Bedchamber of King Sebastian

 

 

 

 

 

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