Portugal 500 Escudos banknote 1932
Obverse: Portrait of José da Silva Carvalho at left, the National Palace of Queluz (The "Ceremonial Façade" of the corps de logis designed by Oliveira.) at center. In the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE PORTUGAL" and original seal of Banco de Portugal.
Reverse: Azulejo-lined canal of Queluz National Palace and a numismatic Head of Liberty wearing a Phrygian slave's cap symbolizing freedom of thought.. In the top, the issuer name "BANCO DE PORTUGAL" and Coat of Arms of Portugal.
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, New Malden in Surrey, England.
Portugal banknotes - Portugal paper money
1932 & 1934 "Chapa 5" Issue
50 Escudos 500 Escudos 1000 Escudos
José da Silva Carvalho
José da Silva Carvalho (1782-1856) was one of the architects of the 1820 Revolution. First President of the Supreme Court, deputy in the Assemblies, he was minister under João VI, Pedro IV and Maria II. After Maria II ascended the throne, Silva Carvalho was appointed tenured Councillor of State. During this reign he was also given the post of Finance in 1834, 1835 and 1836.
Queluz National Palace
The Queluz National Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Nacional de Queluz) is a Portuguese 18th-century palace located at Queluz, a freguesia of the modern-day Sintra Municipality, in the Lisbon District. One of the last great Rococo buildings to be designed in Europe, the palace was conceived as a summer retreat for Dom Pedro of Braganza, later to become husband and then king consort to his own niece, Queen Maria I. It served as a discreet place of incarceration for Queen Maria as her descent into madness continued in the years following Dom Pedro's death in 1786. Following the destruction by fire of the Ajuda Palace in 1794, Queluz Palace became the official residence of the Portuguese prince regent, John VI, and his family and remained so until the Royal Family fled to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in 1807 following the French invasion of Portugal.
Work on the palace began in 1747 under the architect Mateus Vicente de Oliveira. Despite being far smaller, the palace is often referred to as the Portuguese Versailles. From 1826, the palace slowly fell from favour with the Portuguese sovereigns. In 1908, it became the property of the state. Following a serious fire in 1934, which gutted the interior, the palace was extensively restored, and today is open to the public as a major tourist attraction.
One wing of the palace, the Pavilion of Dona Maria, built between 1785 and 1792 by the architect Manuel Caetano de Sousa, is now a guest house allocated to foreign heads of state visiting Portugal.
Azulejo-lined canal of Queluz National Palace
At the picture azulejos tiles line the walls of a canal in the gardens. More than 100 metres (330 ft) long, the walls of the canal are decorated with tiled panels depicting seascapes and associated scenes. This is the largest of a series of canals in the gardens.