Mateus Palace, in Vila Real, is one of the most famous monuments in the whole world, through its image on the labels of a well-known wine brand. It will have started during the 1st quarter of the 16th century, when the marriage between Maria Álvares (descendant of the owners of Quinta da Cumieira) and Álvaro Coelho, owner of the lands of S.Martinho de Mateus. The so-called Casa das Adegas (north facade of Solar) is built. In the 17th century, a house was built on the site where the Palace currently stands. In 1641 António Álvares Coelho marries his second cousin, D. Helena Álvares Mourão, and institutes Morgado de Mateus (Morgado or morgadio is a form of family organization that creates a lineage, as well as a code to designate his successors, statutes and behaviors), linked to the Chapel of Nª Srª dos Prazeres in Quinta de Mateus. Between 1670 and 1720, the original house was renovated, reformed for the Palace, but it will be demolished, and replaced between 1739-1743 by the current Mateus Palace, according to the intervention of the architect Nicolau Nazoni. According to tradition, the gardens were designed and planted in the early 18th century by Diogo Álvares Botelho Mourão (1673 - 1744). It is also in the mid-18th century that the 3rd Morgado D. Luis António de Sousa Botelho, asks the Archbishop of Braga for authorization to build a new Chapel (the current one), in a building away from the existing houses, replacing an earlier, smaller one, and attached to the Palace.