In a note, the Sintra-Monte da Lua Parks (PSML) company advanced that "the park and Pena National Palace, the Chalet of the Countess of Edla, the Moorish Castle and the Capuchos Convent will remain closed" and that the reopening of the Monserrate park and Palace is scheduled for Saturday.

"The adverse weather conditions caused by the Martinho depression, which were felt with great intensity last morning, caused considerable damage in the Serra de Sintra," stressed the PSML, adding that there were "numerous falls of trees, some of large", which prevent circulation in the forest perimeter of the Serra.

According to the survey of the public capital society that manages the historical parks and monuments of the mountains, "on the paths of Pena Park, about 200 trees fell".

Therefore today "the parks and monuments located in this area will remain closed, namely the park and Pena National Palace, the Chalet of the Countess d'Edla, the Moorish Castle, the Capuchos Convent and the Monserrate park and Palace, which have already been closed to the public" since Wednesday.

The park and Palace of Monserrate should reopen on Saturday, but the visit to these historic gardens "will be conditioned to the delimited routes, due to the cleaning work in progress".

The Pena National Palace is expected to reopen on Sunday, but "the park will remain inaccessible, as will the Chalet da Condessa d'Edla", as well as the Castelo dos Mouros and the Convento dos Capuchos, which will remain closed.

These decisions are related to "the need to ensure the safety of visitors and employees, which is the company's absolute priority," said Sofia Cruz, president of PSML, quoted in the note, adding that the teams on the ground are "developing efforts to remove fallen trees and branches, clean and clear paths, and assess the general state of the area".

The official stressed that the monuments did not suffer any damage, "only some secondary structures were affected, such as the greenhouses of Pena Park", and "the reopening of the spaces will only occur when all security conditions are restored" because they are located outside the forest perimeter of the Serra de Sintra, the National Palace of Sintra, the National Palace and the Jardins de Queluz and the facilities of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art in Belém, remain open, as usual.