Architects:Eduardo Souto de Moura

Area :13524 m²

Year :2016

Photographs :Nelson Garrido

Interior Design Studio :AnahoryAlmeida

Landscape Architect : João Gomes da Silva

Project Engineering: : Afaconsult

Client : São Lourenço do Barrocal

City : Monsaraz

Country : Portugal

The Monte has a core characterized by 7 buildings implanted along a central street, which defines two main sets (North and South). The North complex, with an area of 4.144 m², consists of 2 buildings: the old industrial and officinal building and the storehouse for the farming tools. The South complex consists of 5 buildings: the main house, the agricultural pavilions, the dovecot, the kennel and the pigsty, with an area of 3.810 m². Further south, the vegetable garden area comprises 20.333 m², including the old vegetable garden keeper’s house, with an area of 34 m², and the outdoor pool that keeps a firm hold of a granite outcrop (barrocal).

“The first thing that struck me as soon as I arrived was the ambience of this property, which is hard to find. Everyone knows that Alentejo is very beautiful, but I wasn’t expecting to have a prehistoric heritage like this.