Home . Works

Clock, 19th c., National Palace of Pena, Sintra

2013 Conservation and Restoration
Science and Technique

Conservation and restoration of various components of one Monumental Clock in the Tower of the National Palace of Pena*, Sintra (19thc), including: four pointers, one internal display with inscription** and two axes of pointers made of copper alloy and iron alloy.

* The National Palace of Pena has been classified as National Monument como Monumento Nacional (1910) and is part of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, classified as World Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO,1995).

** "FEITO NO ARSENAL REAL DO EXERCITO POR ORDEM DA AUGUSTA IMPERATRIZ E RAINHA A SENHORA D. CARLOTA JOAQUINNA DE BOURBON PARA A TORRE DA SUA REAL CAPELLA DA QUINTA DO RAMALHÃO E DIRIGIDO PELLO RELOJOEIRO DA CAZA REAL." ("Made in the Army´s Royal Arsenal by order of Augusta Empress and Queen D. Carlota Joaquinna of Bourbon for the Royal Chapel´s Tower of the Quinta do Ramalhão and directed by the Watchmaker of the Royal House")

Acknowledgements Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua ~ https://roqueturnews.blogs.sapo.pt/ © 

Detail of the pendulum, before the intervention.
Detail of the pendulum, after the intervention.
Clock pendulum, before the intervention.
Clock pendulum, after the intervention.
Clock face, before the intervention.
Clock face, after the intervention.
Clock hands, before the intervention.
Clock hands, after the intervention.
Clock installed in the National Palace of Pena. ©
Archeofactu