La Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wasePortuguese ikhule ngokubaluleka kule minyaka ingama-500 idlulileyo. Ngethuba lokuqala kwenkulungwane ye-16, abona benzi bemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yoKuvuselela i-Renaissance ePortugal yayingabaphambukeli baseFrance, besebenza ikakhulu kwimarble nakwialabhasta.
Owona mfanekiso uqingqiweyo wenkulungwane ye-18 ngolwimi lwesiPhuthukezi ngu UJoaquim Machado we Castro (1831/22), owayevela eCoimbra, apho wabizwa ngokuba ngumlawuli wemyuziyam yesixeko emva kwakhe.
Wayeqeqeshwa nguJosé de Almeida kwaye wasebenza phantsi komkroli wase-Italiya u-Alessandri Giusti (1715-1799), owadala isikolo eMafra. Isidima sikaMachado de Castro sisekwe kumfanekiso wakhe wobhedu oqaqambileyo kaDon José, onamanani ahambelana nawo, awabulawa nguPraça do Comércio eLisbon.
Imizekelo efanelekileyo yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo we-neo-classical oqingqiweyo unokubonwa kwizigodlo zasebukhosini e IQueluz y Nceda, ngaphandle kwedolophu. Kufuneka iqatshelwe ukuba Ibhotwe lase-Ajuda yayilelona ziko liphambili lase-Portuguese, ubugcisa kunye nokuhombisa kwikota yokuqala yenkulungwane ye-19.
Umthi oqingqiweyo, ubukhulu becala ngaphakathi ecaweni, yenye yezona zinto zaziwayo nezixhaphakileyo kuzo zonke iindlela zokubonisa kwezobugcisa kulo lonke elaseIberia ukusukela nge-15 ukuya esiphelweni senkulungwane ye-18.
Kwaye ukugawulwa kweenkuni kweGothic kumelwe kakuhle kwicawe yaseCoimbra yaseSé Velha, ngelixa indlu yokuthembela eseAlcabaça monastery ibonisa isimbo sokuqala seBaroque.