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Photo by Gerry Labrijn from London, UK - 2014-P30 Porto, CC BY-SA 2.0, The Infante Dom Henrique Bridge, also known as Infante Bridge is a road bridge linking Vila Nova de Gaia in Porto, over Douro River in Portugal.Named for Infante Dom Henrique, born in Oporto, is the latest and, according to many, the most slender bridge that connects Porto and Gaia. It was built to replace the upper deck of the Luis I Bridge, meanwhile converted to use the "Yellow Line" (Hospital of São João/Santo Ovídio) Metro do Porto.   Photo by Deensel - The Porto Cathedral, CC BY 2.0, ...Continue Reading

Photo by Eduarda7, CC BY-SA 2.5 pt, The Freixo Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte do Freixo) is a Portuguese bridge over the Douro river, connecting Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto.   ...Continue Reading

Photo by Sara silva - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, The Arrábida Bridge is an arch bridge over the Douro River that connects Porto to Vila Nova de Gaia, in Portugal. It is the most downstream bridge across the Douro River, just a few kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean. It carries 6 lanes of European route E01.At the time of its completion in 1963, the bridge's main span of 270m was the largest of any concrete-arch bridge in the world. The total length of the deck is 493.2m, having a width of 26.5m. The arch has a rise of 52m, ...Continue Reading

Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, The Dom Luís I (or Luiz I) Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Luís I or Luiz I) is a metal arch bridge that spans the Douro River between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At the time of construction its span of 172 m was the longest of its type in the world.The government held a competition for the construction of a metallic bridge over the Douro River on a site that was adjacent to an existing bridge that it would replace. Téophile Seyrig had engineered the D. Maria Pia ...Continue Reading

Photo by Hugo Cadavez from Portugal - S. João Porto 2008-06-23 007, CC BY 2.0, Festa de São João do Porto (Festival of St John of Porto in English) is a festival that happens every year during Midsummer, on the night of 23 June (St John's Eve), in the city of Porto, in the north of Portugal, thousands of people come to the city centre and more traditional neighborhoods to pay a tribute to Saint John the Baptist, in a party that mixes sacred and profane traditions.The festivities have been held in the city for more than six centuries, yet ...Continue Reading