Akwai kusa da cibiyar tarihi na garin Sintra (Fotigal) Quinta da Regaleira, wani gidan sarauta ne daga farkon karni na XNUMX, wanda attajirin dan kasar Portugal, Antonio Augusto Carvalho, ya gina, ginin da aka dauke shi daya daga cikin manyan wuraren jan hankalin 'yan yawon bude ido a Sintra. Wannan kayan ya kasance daga gidan sarauta da kuma ɗakin sujada wanda ke kusa da wani wurin shakatawa mai ƙayatarwa wanda ke da tafkuna, maɓuɓɓugan ruwa, kogwanni da kuma kayan gini iri-iri iri-iri.
A ƙasar da tsohuwar gona ta mamaye daga ƙarshen karni na sha bakwai, Fotigal Carvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), wani hamshakin ɗan kasuwa mai ƙwarewa a fannin kimiyyar fataucin ra'ayi da Freemasonry, ya ba da umarnin gina wannan rukunin gine-ginen wanda ya zama abin birgewa game da abubuwan da ke tattare da shi, tunda ya haɗu da salo iri-iri, kamar Gothic, Renaissance da Manueline. Gine-ginen hadadden da kayan kwalliyar ta daban suna da ma'anoni masu alaƙa da esotericism, kamar alchemy, Freemasonry, Templars da Rosicrucians.
Fuskantar gidan sarauta tana da alamun fitattun kayan Gothic, gargoyles, manyan biranen sanarwa da hasumiyar octagonal. Duk wannan hadadden gidan sarauta yana bawa baƙo wani yawon shakatawa mai ban sha'awa inda alamomin isoteric, Masonic da tatsuniyoyi, kamar Lambunan Greco-Roman, Grotto na Leda, hasumiyar Regaleira da kirkirar kirkirar kirki.