Two young lovers interact naturally with historical characters including the composer and harpsichordist Domenico Scarlatti and the priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão, recognized today as an aviation pioneer, all in the shadow of the Inquisition.
Built in the baroque style, the Mafra National Palace also inspired Portuguese Nobel Prize laureate José Saramago to write his novel Baltasar and Blimunda (Memorial do Convento).
Maria Anna, along with her husband and children, is a central character in José Saramago's novel Baltasar and Blimunda (1987).
Baltasar Kormákur | Baltasar Garzón | Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros | Baltasar Gracián | Baltasar Lobo | Baltasar and Blimunda | Baltasar Marradas | Baltasar Corrada del Río | Baltasar Brum |