The Origin of the palace, currently under research, is almost lost in the mist of time. It is certainly one of the oldest buildings still standing and in constant use in Portugal.
First related documentation dates from the 13th century, when it became a post of the Holy Order of Santiago. S.Francisco Xavier, while under the protection of D. Pedro de Mascarenhas (14??-1555), Viceroy of Portuguese India, conducted mass in the then chapel of the Palace (now our dining-room) and blessed and christened with his own name the original Arabic fountain that still supplies the whole village of Palma.
Around 1875, the Palace was re-pointed by the S.Romão side of our family and in 1920, our great grandfather, Dr. José Maria Posser de Andrade re-pointed it again.
The last Portuguese king, D.Carlos I, was a frequent guest, in shooting or/and horse-riding programs.
