Its façade displays a beautiful eighteenth-century oratory with images of Nossa Senhora da Silva, S. João Baptista, and S. Baldomero, all duly protected by a carved cover.

The chapel proper is inside the building, and along with an inn, it used to be managed by the city’s blacksmiths, boilermakers and fish hook makers.

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The Chapel of Nossa Senhora do Ó was remodeled in the nineteenth century because of damage suffered during the wars of independence.

Inside, notice the carved altarpiece of the early eighteenth century by João da Costa. The chapel is not exactly open to the public, but can be visited in September during the Feast of Nossa Senhora of O.

If you are interested in doing so, you must contact the St. Nicholas Church for more information.

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The Recolhimento do Ferro (a religious charity) moved here from its Rua Escura location. The Recolhimento do Ferro name comes from an iron (ferro) beam that crossed the door of this simple church and it was said that convicts who could reach it were not executed.

The church, which is owned by the Catholic Church, is closed to the public.

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The tiles of this monument, which is located near the Bolhão Market and metro station, were restored in 1982. Although simple, the interior is equally interesting, ‘hiding’ the image of Nossa Senhora das Almas, (Our Lady of the Souls), which dates back to when the chapel was first built.

Note that the Chapel of Souls is in the middle of the Rua de Santa Catarina, one of the best known shopping street in the city.

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The building, on the way to Foz do Douro, features a square shape and is one of the oldest lighthouses in Europe.

Pay attention to the inscription on the south wall that states that the prelate ‘donated some of his own land to raise enough funds to keep a bonfire burning perpetually in the tower.

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It is a testimony to the transition from the late Gothic to the mannerism of Flemish inspiration. In the main chancel, you will find at the centre of the altarpiece, the limestone statue of Our Lady of August.

And to the right of the main altar, is a wooden image, dated from the seventeenth century, of S. Bom Homem (St. Good Man), patron of Tailors.

It was at the opening of the Terreiro da Sé, in 1935, which led to demolition works in this area, that the Chapel of Tailors was expropriated by the City Council of Porto, having been rebuilt in 1953 in its existing location.

It has been a National Monument since 1927 and has information available in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French.

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The building was renewed and musealized and presently it offers a set of diversified services: Museum, Municipal Historical Archive, Thematic Library about Porto, Memory Room, Exhibition Room and an Auditorium. The museum includes a ‘Prince Henry the Navigator and the New Worlds’ section where visitors can learn about the Prince by examining his iconography diachronically up until the present day and by revisiting the chief milestones in the Portuguese maritime discoveries, with a special focus on the role of the city and people of Porto.

They can also learn about the Roman occupation from the 4th-5th century remains; the Alfândega Régia, or royal customs house, built by King Afonso IV in 1325; and the Casa da Moeda, or mint, which began operating in 1369.

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Installed in a noble house of baroque architecture, this museum contains a remarkable set of jewelry decorative arts, furniture, ceramics, textiles, glass, metal, weapons and armor and a deposit of sculpture, donated by Guerra Junqueiro to the National Museum of Ancient Art.

The House Museum was rehabilitated to host the museum valence and has a space for temporary exhibitions, an auditorium, a cafeteria and a shop. In the garden, do not forget to admire the sculpture of Leopoldo de Almeida that immortalizes the fighter and greatest publicist of the Republic, which was appointed Minister of Portugal in Bern, in 1910.

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It is an eighteenth century building typical of the urban planning reforms carried out in the city by the Almadas. In 1864, the Porto City Council placed in the middle of the first floor a plaster oval medallion, decorated with garlands of laurel leaves, with an inscription in honor of the author of “Frei Luís de Sousa” and “Travels in my land “.

Almeida Garrett, who also has the right to a statue on the Aliados Avenue right in front of the City Hall, was also a statesman, diplomat, orator and reformer of the national theater and introducer of the Romanticism in Portugal. On the street and neighboring arteries, there are several restaurants and trendy pubs with snacks that are worth knowing.

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