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Quinta de Villar d’Allen

Quinta de Villar d’Allen

Property of public interest, Villar d’Allen is a survivor of the small farms that in the  18th  and 19th Century encircled the city of Oporto. Acquired by John Allen, English businessman in 1839, it has a building of eclectic architecture, typical of romanticism century.  …

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Majestic Café

Splendor of the “Belle Époque”   On the 17th December 1921, an establishment called Elite café opened for business in Porto. It was located in Santa Catarina street, a pedestrian walkway for shopping and for the finest members of society, then and now.…

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House of Music- Casa da Musica

It is the major concert hall space in OPorto.  It houses the cultural institution with the same name and its three orchestras :Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Orquestra Barroca and Remix Ensemble. It was designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and the Arup-AFA.…

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