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Here's a Peek Inside Madonna's Newly Purchased 18th-Century Moorish Revival Mansion in Portugal

The singer reportedly just purchased the 16,000-square-foot home outside of Lisbon for her family of seven
Madonna's new house
Madonna's new house in Portugal.Photo by Horacio Villalobos - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images.

Madonna recently opened up her London home—which she shares with her six children: Lourdes, 20; Rocco, 17; David, 11; Mercy, 11; and 5-year-old twins Estere and Stella—to talk about a variety of things, including what it's like being a mother to such a large brood. Apparently, being part of Madonna's family is as fun as you'd imagine. There are dance parties (Moana and Sing play on loop in their house), Madonna makes choreographed videos of her kids (evidenced on Instagram), and her four youngest children have even given her a cool nickname: Mambo, like the dance.

SINTRA, PORTUGAL - JUNE 16: View of Quinta do Relogio that, according to the local news site SintraNoticias, has been bought by Pop singer Madonna for 7.5 million euros on June 16, 2017 in Sintra, Portugal. The Quinta do Relogio dates back to the 18th century and the architect Antonio Manuel da Fonseca Jr. designed and built the palace in a neo-arabic style. The palace, that nowadays is in state of disrepair, has four floors with about 1500sqm, all in open space. The Quinta do Relgio has a total area of 22.144m2 and includes an excellent secondary 7 rooms fully refurbished villa and also a carekeeper two bedroom house with 104sqm. The palace is still considered one of the most important monuments in neo-arabic style and was classified in 1997 as property of public interest being included in the Cultural Landscape of Sintra (UNESCO World Heritage). Its garden was designed in a romantic style with a lake, several springs and fountains and is surrounded by a lush vegetation with rare species such as pine trees, centenary oaks, palm trees, cedars, magnolias, fuchsias and camellias, among others. It has been in the market for a number of years. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)Horacio Villalobos - Corbis
SINTRA, PORTUGAL - JUNE 16: View of Quinta do Relogio that, according to the local news site SintraNoticias, has been bought by Pop singer Madonna for 7.5 million euros on June 16, 2017 in Sintra, Portugal. The Quinta do Relogio dates back to the 18th century and the architect Antonio Manuel da Fonseca Jr. designed and built the palace in a neo-arabic style. The palace, that nowadays is in state of disrepair, has four floors with about 1500sqm, all in open space. The Quinta do Relgio has a total area of 22.144m2 and includes an excellent secondary 7 rooms fully refurbished villa and also a carekeeper two bedroom house with 104sqm. The palace is still considered one of the most important monuments in neo-arabic style and was classified in 1997 as property of public interest being included in the Cultural Landscape of Sintra (UNESCO World Heritage). Its garden was designed in a romantic style with a lake, several springs and fountains and is surrounded by a lush vegetation with rare species such as pine trees, centenary oaks, palm trees, cedars, magnolias, fuchsias and camellias, among others. It has been in the market for a number of years. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)Horacio Villalobos - Corbis

Her family, and these routines, will now be relocated to a new home, however: an 18th-century Moorish Revival mansion outside of Lisbon, Portugal. Madonna has reportedly purchased the 16,146-square-foot house, which includes 4 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a guesthouse, and a caretaker's cottage, for the equivalent of $8,927,470. She announced her Portuguese move on her Instagram over Labor Day weekend. The family's new home is actually the historic Quinta do Relogio estate and is in the beautiful hilltop village of Sintra, about 30 minutes from Lisbon by car. But while a mini-palace on a hilltop may be perfect for the Queen of Pop, her kids just see it as more room to dance around. She says they're oblivious to her fame—at least that's true of her 5-year-old twins, who she adopted from Malawi seven months ago. For instance, when her hit song Holiday came on at dinner, 11-year-old David informed the pair that the singer was their mother. “They were like, ‘Huh?'” Madonna says. “They don’t have a clue,” she says, “and that’s a good thing. I’m just their mother.”

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