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A Traditional Manor House Ambience overview of the main room of the house with English Style furniture from the last quarter of the 18th century, inspired by Thomas Chippendale models.
Casa do Aposento is an example of a traditional Madeiran Manor House, with several examples in the north of Madeira, especially in the village of Ponta Delgada, in the municipality of SĂŁo Vicente. A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely applied to various country houses, frequently dating from the late medieval era, which formerly housed the gentry. They were sometimes fortified, but this was frequently intended more for show than for defence. Manor houses existed in most European countries where feudalism existed, where they were sometimes known as castles, palaces, and so on.
