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Serralves House and Museum, in Oporto

By theperfecttourist on August 3, 2013 oporto, serralves Museums, Slider

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 […]

Lello Bookstore, Oporto

By theperfecttourist on April 23, 2013 bookstores, oporto Bookstores

The building called Bookstore Chardron or more precisely Lello Bookshop & Brother was built with this only purpose and is located in Rua das Carmelites, No. 144, OPorto. Was inaugurated on January 13, 1906, and the responsable for this project was Xavier Esteves, a distinguished engineer at the time. In Gothic style, a wide segmental arch, […]