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Casa da Rua de Dom Hugo
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Rua de Dom Hugo, 5
4050-305, Porto
Medieval house that keeps an origin wall, although it has suffered many changes through the XVII and XIX centuries. Recent dig revealed a possible occupation of the place during the IV b. C century.
Edifício na Rua de São Miguel
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Rua de São Miguel, 2-4
4050-559, Porto
This beautiful house is placed on a street known for its characteristic architectonic harmony. Here are represented the XVII, XVIII and XIX centuries, with a nice show of the Porto’s architectonic atmosphere. On this building, the façade covered with azulejos panels from the second half of the XVII century stands out. This azulejos (tiles), made in Lisbon, describe episodes of the Holy Mary’s life.
Edifício da Rua da Reboleira
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Rua da Reboleira, 59
4050-492, Porto
Big battlemented house built in 1688, placed at the corner with the Outeirinho Street. This fine building, from the end of the medieval period, was an object of excellent recovery, and is, nowadays, a day-care centre for elder people.
Edifício na Rua da Galeria de Paris
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Rua da Galeria Paris, 28
4050-284, Porto
The building at the Galeria de Paris Street was built in 1906. Its façades is Art Nouveau style covered with azulejos (tiles). The decoration in ashlar masonry and the unusual circular window that overlays the portal stand out. This circular window is dived in three parts, of glass and iron, and is at the first floor.
Comemoração da Exposição Colonial
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Praça do Império
4150, Porto
The hazard of this monument, dated from 1934, is due to a corporative administration’s politics. When the Portuguese administration was colonizing territories, especially those in Africa, exhibitions were made and, through them, decorative elements were created – this is an example.
Painel de Azulejos Ribeira Negra
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Avenida Gustavo Eiffel
4000, Porto
Azulejos painting offered by the painter Júlio Resende to the Porto city. In this painting you can see the life, the Ribeira colours along 54m. It was open in 1987 and its name is Ribeira Negra (Dark Ribeira).
Torre do Palácio dos Terenas / Torre da Marca
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Rua da Boa Nova, 52
4050-378, Porto
The Torre do Palácio de Terenas (Palace Tower) was built by order of Pedro de Sem, chancellor of the kingdom from 1336 to 1341. The plant has a rectangular plant and, through the times, its form altered several times.
Capela das Almas / Capela de Santa Catarina
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Rua de Santa Catarina, 426-428
4000-124, Porto
With a great architectonical simplicity, the Almas chapel dates from the beginning of the XVIII, and was repaired and enlarged in 1801. In 1929, the façades were covered with azulejos, by Eduardo Leite, representing the life of São Francisco de Assis and of Santa Catarina. The main façade presents a glass window by the painter Amândio Silva. Inside, the panel painted by Joaquim Rafael, representing the Lord’s Ascension and the image of Nossa Senhora das Almas stand out.
Edifício do Despacho da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique
4050-298, Porto
Built in the beginning of the XVIII century (1746-1752) planned by Nicolau Nasoni, this building’s stairs was placed on one of the sides due to the exigencies of the ground plot (too narrow). At the door you can see the blazonry of the order. The windows have iron bars, which is typical of the first half of the XVII century. The house is divided in three floors and an underground, where the cemetery of the brotherhood is.
Casa do Infante / Museu da Cidade
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Rua da Alfândega, 10
4050-028, Porto
Built in the XIV century, this is a building with various floors and an arcade structure. It has several medieval and Manueline vestiges. The “façade” was enriched with a central single flight stairs. This embellishment, which continues in the large symmetrical openings at the stairs’ centre, seems to be justified by the desire to ennoble the place where the administrative functions were performed.