This curious building, which surprises those who walk along the Caldeireiros street for the first time, has been the home of the Confraria (Brotherhood) of Nossa Senhora da Silva since the fifteenth century. Its façade ...
The former chapel of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, or Cais, in the heart of the Ribeira do Porto, dates from the seventeenth century. Its current name is due to the fact that the image of the Senhora do Ó was transferred here ...
The Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio was built in the second half of the eighteenth century and is located in the Ribeira do Porto area, very close to the Lada Elevator. This baroque church used to be near the old city ...
Built in the early eighteenth century, the Chapel of Souls is one of the most beautiful churches of Porto. Its exterior is beautiful. It was covered in 1929 with tiles representing moments in the life of Saint Francis of ...
Inaugurated in 1893, the Chapel of Fradelos now has as neighbor the Silo-Auto building, a multistorey car park built in 1964. The chapel is a rectangular Neoclassical building with a single nave. It has a bell tower and two ...
The S. Miguel-O-Anjo Lighthouse Chapel was built in 1527 by D.Miguel da Silva who was prebendary of the monastery of Santo Tirso, to which the S. João da Foz estate belonged. The building, on the way to Foz do Douro, features ...
Built in 1554, the Chapel of Alfaiates houses a clay image of Nossa Senhora de Agosto (Our Lady of August) – the name by which is also known this small temple near Praça da Batalha – outer facade. It was designed ...
The Casa do Infante owes its name to the fact of being the birthplace of Infante D. Henrique, the Navigator. It is a set of buildings built through time to settle the services of the Crown in Porto. Its history goes back to ...
The Guerra Junqueiro House museum was created in 1942 by Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro, in order to recreate the atmosphere of the private house of the Portuguese poet and politician born in 1850. Installed in a noble house ...
It is at Rua Dr. Barbosa de Castro, a few meters from the old Relationship Chain – today the Portuguese Center of Photography– where is located the house where João Baptista de Almeida Garrett was born on 4th February ...
Located in an old part of the city, adjacent to several alleys and typical streets, it is one of the oldest monuments of Porto and Portugal. It was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. It combines several architectural ...
This 1811 granite building majestically faces Porto’s Historical Centre and overlooks the River Douro. The House of Sandeman invites you for an experience full of mystery and sensuality in a traditional yet cosmopolitan ...
