Convention of Cintra

Palace of Queluz, where the Convention of Cintra was signed.
Junot embarks for France, after the Convention of Cintra, at Cais do Sodré, Lisbon

The Convention of Cintra (or Sintra) was an agreement signed on 30 August 1808, during the Peninsular War. By the agreement, the defeated French were allowed to evacuate their troops from Portugal without further conflict.[1] The Convention was signed at the Palace of Queluz, in Queluz, Cintra, Estremadura.

  1. ^ Horward, Donald D. (1994). Napoleon and Iberia – The Twin Sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida, 1810. Greenhill Books. p. 5, reference to the signing of the Convention of Sintra and its conditions. ISBN 9781853671838.