There isn’t much left of the original temple, partially destroyed in 1740. Inside, the golden carving stands out. It has a portal with a triangular fronton, surrounded by pilasters on the main façade. Inside is a nave covered by a vault.

Construction of the building began in the 1920s and dragged on for many years. It was finally inaugurated on 24 June, 1957. The work was architecturally inspired in the great communal palaces of northern France and Flanders. The building consists of a basement, six floors and interior patios, occupying an area of ​​2,438 m2. Constructed of granite from the quarries of S. Gens and Fafe, with the remaining materials being: reinforced concrete, marbles of different colours and oak and sucupira woods. In front of the main door and framed by the ramp is the statue of Almeida Garrett, inaugurated in …

Contemporaneous of the emblematic and neighbour Clérigos Tower, this building of the XVIII century was, for many years, a prison. On its dungeons were men like the Duque da Terceira (a noble), Zé do Telhado (the portuguese version of Robin wood) e Camilo Castelo Branco (XIX century writer), who wrote there one of the most famous romances, “Amor de Perdição”. The main façade divides in three floors, having a central body slightly salient, on which the entrance portal is.

The Praça da Liberdade has known several names along the centuries. Its construction was due to the progressive growing of the city. It was a meeting point for politicians, writers and artists and became a place searched for all classes. Among other marking events there will always be the death by hanging of the liberals, in 1829, (after this rehabilitated as “liberty martyrs”. In 1866 is open the monument to the liberal King, a tribute of the city to D. Pedro IV. The Portuguese Republic was first proclaimed here, January, 31st, 1891. In 1916, when the city council decided to …

A Avenida dos Aliados, inicialmente Avenida das Nações Aliadas, foi aberta em 1916, nos terrenos a norte da Praça da Liberdade. Do projeto inicial, nasceu uma avenida rodeada de prédios de grande beleza arquitetónica e com alguns jardins, jardins que desapareceram mais tarde com a reformulação pelas mãos dos arquitetos Álvaro Siza Vieira e Eduardo Souto Moura. No cimo desta avenida encontra-se a Câmara Municipal.

It is considered the most beautiful street in the centre of Porto. It was opened in 1521 by King Dom Manuel I, was then called Rua de Santa Catarina das Flores and was the main road that connected the upper part of the city with the riverside area. Whoever enters this street notices the difference with the other streets. It has a nineteenth-century, bourgeois aspect, surrounded by typical two and three-storey buildings, with characteristic windows and iron balconies. On the ground floor are the shops and on the upper floors the merchants and their families live. It was the street …

This street, dated from 1844, was very hard to build because of the granite existent there. It connects the Cordoaria Garden with the Cais de Massarelos, going through the picturesque Largo do Viriato. In the middle of the way you may enjoy the beautiful view over the Douro River.

The fountain has a dolphin as its main ajutage. On both sides of the dolphin are two flowers which are also ajutages. It was repaired in 1941. The tank is semi-circular.

This building is one of the finest examples of the end of Middle Ages’ civil architecture. It is a gothic building from the XIV or XV century, characterized by two beautiful ogival doors. It is one of the biggest buildings in the area and has elements from several periods, witnessing a big historical density.