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Chafariz da Colher
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Rua de Miragaia
4050, Porto
The Chafariz da Colher is a fountain with a base and an ajutage made of granite. It is sided by a wall shaped as a tank. Considered to be the oldest fountain in the city, is name is owed to a tribute people had to pay for each bag that entered the Porto city: a spoon of cereals.
Igreja de Campanhã
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Rua do Falcão
4300, Porto
The church must have been built in 1714. Two moments mark its existence: the sack at the second French invasion and the several damages during the Porto siege. The church shelters the image, in limestone, of Nossa Senhora de Campanhã.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Ó
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Largo do Terreiro, 9
4050-603, Porto
Originally devoted to the Senhora da Piedade, it also welcomed the Senhora do Ó, a pregnant Virgin, when the chapel where it used to be was destroyed. The Frontispiece has several ornamental, which frame the portal and a niche with an image of the Virgin.
Edifício da Antiga Bolsa dos Comerciantes
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique, 47-53
4050-297, Porto
Building where the XV century Porto’s trade exchange ran. It has the medieval arms of the Casa de Avis, which recall the role of the King Dom João I on the renovation of the present Infante Dom Henrique Street. The building was restored in the reign of Dom Afonso V and became, also, the entrance to the Casa da Moeda (mint), from which you still can see the XVI century door. It was the Crown’s and the morgados de Fermedo property, one of the families that ennobled this important street and business centre of the old town.
Capela de Fradelos
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Rua Guedes de Azevedo, 50
4000, Porto
This chapel is all that’s left of the Fradelhos place that existed here, when the way from the chapel to the Gonçalo Cristóvão Street was an open country.
Torre de Dom Pedro Pitões
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Calçada de Dom Pedro Pitões
4050-467, Porto
Also known as the Torre da Cidade (city tower), it is a three floors, quadrangular building. It has named after the Porto’s bishop that, in 1147, at the terreiro da Sé, encouraged the crusaders to help D. Afonso Henriques at the Lisbon conquest.
Igreja dos Terceiros de São Francisco
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique
4050-296, Porto
This church is party-wall with the São Francisco’s and reveals a marked Italian influence. Built between 1634 and 1805 it has, on its single nave inside, some works of relevance, namely, the Triumphal Arch, panels by Vieira Portuense and Teixeira Barreto, the woodcarving and the sacristy stucco, whose ceiling was painted by Custódio Teixeira.
Igreja de São Nicolau
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique, 93
4050-298, Porto
The origin church was destroyed by a fire in 1758, and was rebuilt in a mystical classic and baroque style. Inside the temple there’s an image of Santo Elói, the goldsmiths’ patron saint.
Igreja de São João Novo
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Largo de São João Novo, 2
4050-066, Porto
At the place where it was built, there used to be the São João de Belmonte Chapel. The façade of the São João Novo Church is an almost faithful copy of the Grilos Church. Inside, the classical-roman motifs predominate, such as the impressive baroque wood carving retables, from the XVII century and the azulejos panels.
Igreja de São Francisco
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique
4050-297, Porto
Built between 1383 and 1410, it is a reference of the Gothic monumentality of the city, with an emphasis on the Romanesque portal with three arched gateways, the rosette symbolizing the Rosa Fortunae, the windows of the Manueline period and the three naves where the interior is divided, covered with gilded carving from the 17th and 18th centuries. It belonged to the Convent of the Observant Franciscans. The interior, of three naves, is highlighted by the 17th / 18th centuries carvings, frescoes and board in the main chapel, transept and sixteenth-century tombs.