Ifunyenwe kufutshane neziko lembali lesixeko saseSintra (Portugal) Quinta da Regaleira, ibhotwe elizimeleyo ukusuka ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-XNUMX, elakhiwe ngusozigidi wasePhuthukezi u-Antonio Augusto Carvalho, isakhiwo esathathwa njengeyona ndawo inomdla kubakhenkethi eSintra. Le propati yenziwe yibhotwe lothando kunye necawa esecaleni kwepaki entle enamachibi, imithombo, imiqolomba kunye nolwakhiwo lwehombiso.
Kumhlaba ekuhlalwa kuwo yifama endala ukusuka ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane yeshumi elinesixhenxe, amaPhuthukezi UCarvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), usomashishini osisityebi onobuchule kwi-esotericism kunye ne-Freemasonry, wayalela ukuba kwakhiwe le ndlela yokwakha eyothusayo kwi-eclecticism yayo, kuba idibanisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo, ezinje ngeGothic, Renaissance kunye neManueline. Uyilo lobunzima kunye nokuhonjiswa kwalo okungafaniyo kunentsingiselo enxulumene ne-esotericism, efana ne-alchemy, i-Freemasonry, i-Templars kunye ne-Rosicrucians.
Indawo engaphambili yebhotwe ibonakaliswa ziintsika zayo eziphambili zeGothic, iigargoyles, iingqukuva ezikhulu kunye nenqaba entle enamacala amathandathu. Lonke eli bhotwe linika undwendwe ukhenketho olunomdla apho iisimboli zesoteric, IMasonic kunye neentsomi, ezinje ngegadi zamaGrikhi namaRoma, iGrotto yaseLeda, inqaba yaseRegaleira kunye nolwaluko lwentsomi kakuhle.