Kutholakale eduze nesikhungo esinomlando sedolobha laseSintra (ePortugal) yi- U-Quinta da Regaleira, isigodlo esizimele kusukela ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-XNUMX, esakhiwa usozigidi wasePutukezi u-Antonio Augusto Carvalho, isakhiwo esithathwa njengesinye sezivakashi eziyinhloko eSintra. Le mpahla yakhiwe yisigodlo sothando nendlu yesonto eseduze nepaki kanokusho enamachibi, imithombo, imihume nezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zokwakhiwa kwemihlobiso ngaphakathi.
Emhlabeni owawuhlala ipulazi elidala kusukela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa, amaPutukezi UCarvalho Monteiro (1848-1920), usomabhizinisi ocebile owayenekhono e-esotericism naseFreemasonry, wayalela ukwakhiwa kwaleli qembu lokwakha okuyinto emangazayo nge-eclecticism yalo, ngoba lixuba izitayela ezahlukahlukene, njengeGothic, Renaissance neManueline. Ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi nokuhlobisa kwaso okuhlukile kunezincazelo ezihlobene ne-esotericism, efana ne-alchemy, i-Freemasonry, i-Templars kanye ne-Rosicrucians.
Ingaphambili lesigodlo libonakala ngezinsika zalo ezigqamile zamaGothic, ama-gargoyles, izihloko ezinkulu eziphakanyisiwe nombhoshongo ohehayo o-octagonal. Lesi sakhiwo sonke sesigodlo sinikeza isivakashi uhambo olujabulisayo lapho izimpawu ze-esoteric, AmaMasonic nezinganekwane, njengezivande zamaGrisi namaRoma, iGrotto yaseLeda, umbhoshongo waseRegaleira kanye nokuthwasa okuyizinganekwane kahle.