The Comenda Palace

The Comenda Palace was commissioned by Count Abel Henri Georges Armand and designed by the prestigious architect Raul Lino.

The architect created three versions of the project for the Comenda house, with the final construction being closest to the last of these proposals.

The work took place between 1903 and 1908, carried out by the civil contractor Augusto Victorino da Rosa.

The tiles used in the house were crafted by the ceramist and painter José António Jorge Pinto.

The architect incorporated a traditionalist architectural style, blending it with modern comfort and ensuring the house harmoniously integrated with the surrounding landscape.

In August 1903, the renowned architecture magazine A Construcção Moderna featured the “House of the Esteemed Mr. Count de Armand.” At the time, the house was already under construction, though still in its early stages, as the old house was still present on the site.

The palace stands as an excellent and rare example of architecture serving the purposes of climatic and seaside leisure, a concept that developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Raul Lino's connection to the house endured for two generations. After the death of Abel Henri, the 2nd Count Armand, in 1919, the architect corresponded with Roger Ernst, the 3rd Count Armand, between 1936 and 1938, to design a library for the property.