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Majestic Café

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. The café enlightened the street with its Art Nouveau decoration, by architect João Queiroz. Inside, the scent of […]

House of Music- Casa da Musica

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.  Built as part of Oporto’s project for European Culture Capital in 2001  was only finished in the […]

The Famous Bookstore- Lello

The Famous Bookstore- Lello

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, […]

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