Protected: English Trading Post
English Trading Post The meeting place of the English men who had their commercial business of Port wine based in the city. It is a building designed by John Whitehead,…
Protected: Merchants Street
Merchants Street Portuguese history, culture and tradition. Porto is a city of merchants and businessmen, and this was the street where many lived. Rua dos Mercadores was also a very…
Protected: St. Lawrence Church and College
St. Lawrence Church and College Portuguese history, culture and tradition. The church of S. Lourenço is a landmark in terms of the emergence of Baroque art in the city of…
Our Lady of Truth Chapel
Chapel of Our Lady of Truths Portuguese history, culture and tradition. Construída em 1697 pela confraria de Nossa Senhora do Postigo das Verdades, junto à antiga capela com a mesma…
Porto.Card
Porto.Card The Porto.Card is the official card of the city of Porto that offers free tickets and discounts. There are several modalities, the Porto.Card Walking (1, 2, 3 and 4…
Guerra Junqueiro House Museum
Guerra Junqueiro House Museum Portuguese history, culture and tradition. Built in 1730 at the request of the Canon of the Cathedral of Porto, Dr. Domingos Barbosa, for his residence, it…
Fado Houses in Porto
Fado Houses in Porto Portuguese History, Culture and Tradition. Although fado was originally a tradition born in the popular context of the nineteenth-century in Lisbon, this musical art also proliferated…
Fernandina Wall, reflection of Growth
Fernandina Wall, reflection of Growth Portuguese history, culture and tradition. It was in 1336 that King Afonso IV ordered the construction of a new wall that would reflect the great…
Batalha Square, a Place of culture
Batalha Square, a Place of culture Portuguese History, Culture and Tradition. Urbanized in 1861, its name comes from a battle that took place in the 10th century between the Portuguese…
Majestic Cafe
Majestic Cafe Portuguese history, culture and tradition. Opened in December 1921 under the name Café Elite, the Majestic is a good example of Porto's Art Nouveau of the 1920s. At…
