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Photo by Palickap - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, “A Casa do Padrão”, é um apartamento T2, situado junto a um pequeno largo com o mesmo nome e que mais não è que um cruzamento de ruas, no centro da cidade. Está situado na Freguesia do Bonfim e que é uma das Freguesias em que mais se vive as festividades São-Joaninas. O S. João, Padroeiro da Cidade, cujas festividades de cariz popular, se realizam no dia 24 de Junho.Têm, as rusgas que chegam à cidade vindas de todo o lado, na noite do dia 23, o martelinho, no alho-porro, farturas ...Continue Reading

Photo by Joao Pires - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, In the middle of Rua do Loureiro, what makes us widen our eyes and invites us to enter are the products manufactured by the storefront.In its interior they stand out the precious things that adorn it. On the ceiling of the pastry shop there is a canvas by Acácio Lino, its architecture is by Francisco Oliveira Ferreira, disciple of the architect Marques da Silva, and the sculptures on the first floor, which are accessed by a massive iron staircase, have the brother's signature, José de Oliveira Ferreira.   ...Continue Reading

Photo by António Amen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Fernandinas walls is the name by which it was known to medieval waist Oporto walls, in Portugal, of which only small parts have survived to the present day.About New Wall and Gothic Wall are other designations that apply to Walls Fernandinas but, although scientifically more correct, are less currents. Photo by Concierge.2C - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,   ...Continue Reading

Photo by Fotografada por João Tiago M. S. Andrade 04/05 User:ee97056 - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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 manufacturing activity since the Middle Ages. Also since that time the Ribeira Square was the site of many ...Continue Reading

By Maragato1976 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 leather upholstery and varnished wood is joined by the magnificent vision of the plaster-decorated ceiling and of the endless Flemish mirrors, is an ensemble that marvels all senses. Add in the combination of marble ...Continue Reading