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. Villar d’Allen keeps the garden ‘à la française’ created by […]
Baroque work, authored by Nasoni, built in the first half of the eighteenth century. The tower is one of the most emblematic monuments of the city of Porto. A panoramic view of the city and the Douro River, which reaches the top of the tower, well worth the effort to climb the staircase of about […]
The Oporto’s Cathedral, in the heart of the historic center is one of the leading and oldest monuments of Portugal. The origins of the Oporto Cathedral retreat to the High Middle Ages probably to the Suevi times . There´s evidence of the existence of a bishop of Oporto. Later with the Vímara Peres in 868, […]
Art Nouveau facades Bookstore Latin and Old Kings Jewellers & Sons, located at the entrance of the street from Batalha Square, right and left, respectively. Galleries Palladium, at the intersection with Rua Passos Manuel, project architect Marques da Silva, built in 1914 for Warehouses Nascimento, now houses many shops like Fnac and C & A. […]
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. The café enlightened the street with its Art Nouveau decoration, by architect João Queiroz. Inside, the scent of […]
CASA DE SERRALVES is a house and museum located in Parque de Serralves in Oporto, Portugal. Owned by the Serralves Foundation, the house was built by the second Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral and designed by the architect José Marques da Silva. It is a unique example of Streamline Moderne architecture in Portugal. Completed in 1940, Casa de Serralves welcomed presentations made by the […]
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. Built as part of Oporto’s project for European Culture Capital in 2001 was only finished in the […]
FOZ DO Douro (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔʃ du dowɾu], meaning “Mouth of the Douro”) is a Portuguese parish of the city and municipality of Oporto. It has 12,235 inhabitants and is 3.00 km ² in area. It Became a parish in 1836. It is located in the western part of Oporto, next to the mouth of […]
The RIBEIRA SQUARE (Portuguese: PRAÇA DA RIBEIRA) is a historical square in Porto, Portugal. It is included in the historical centre of the city, designated World Heritage by UNESCO. The square is located in the historical district of Ribeira (riverside in Portuguese), part of the São Nicolau parish. The Ribeira district spreads alongside the Douro river and used to be a centre of intense commercial and […]
LIVRARIA LELLO & IRMÃO, also known as LIVRARIA CHARDRON or simply LIVRARIA LELLO (LELLO BOOKSTORE) is a bookstore located in central Porto, Portugal. Along with Bertrand in Lisbon, it is one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal. In 2011, the travel publishing company Lonely Planet classified Livraria Lello as the third best bookstore in the world. Because of its unique historical and artistic value, […]
