Palace · c.1523
House of Spikes
Casa dos Bicos
Brás de Albuquerque, son of the viceroy of India, builds a house covered in diamond-pointed stones.
Stories
The house of spikes c.1523
Brás de Albuquerque, son of the viceroy of India, builds a house covered in diamond-pointed stones.
The facade becomes a monument 1910
The 1910 decree classifies the spiked facade as a National Monument.
Saramago's foundation 2012
Today the house hosts the José Saramago Foundation.