{"id":20109,"date":"2018-12-19T15:31:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portugalafora.com\/?p=20109"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T14:57:50","slug":"conhecendo-o-porto-o-centro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/conhecendo-o-porto-o-centro\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to know Porto: the center"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the center of Porto, but further away from the riverside strip that runs from the D. Luis I Bridge to the S\u00e3o Francisco Church area, we now go up to Jardim da Cordoaria, which is a large square full of significance for this city. On the west side we have the Court of Appeal<\/em> of Porto, on the opposite side, to the east, we have one of the buildings of University of Porto<\/em>, but it is in the southernmost part that you will find one of the most photographed and popular monuments in Porto \u2013 the Cl\u00e9rigos Tower<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cl\u00e9rigos Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Cl\u00e9rigos Church<\/em> and, above all, the tower behind it forms one of Porto's best-known postcards. This tower, located between Rua da Assun\u00e7\u00e3o and Rua S\u00e3o Filipe de Nery, is 75 meters high and was the tallest building in Portugal for a long time. It was erected between 1754 and 1763 by Nicolau Nasoni<\/em>, an Italian architect who settled in Porto and was also responsible for other buildings in the city. Built in granite, its baroque style immediately attracts attention with its splendor. Its 225 steps provide the visitor, when they reach the top, with an intoxicating view of the entire city of Porto. There are also visits at night until 11pm, so if you enjoy seeing the city in another way, go at that time. Tickets cost \u20ac5 (with a 50% discount if you have a Porto Card). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cl\u00e9rigos Church<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This same ticket can be used in the museum that connects the tower to the church \u2013 the Brotherhood House<\/em> \u2013 where the Cl\u00e9rigos Brotherhood made its living and where we have a collection of collections of painting, sculpture, furniture and goldsmithing. Finally we have the Cl\u00e9rigos Church <\/em>It is also made of granite and follows the same baroque patterns as the tower. Completed in 1749, it was the first ellipse-shaped church in Portugal. Its gilded Johannine-style interior and the main chapel with its Rococo altarpiece and marble altar are also well worth a visit. The Cl\u00e9rigos architectural complex has been a national monument since 1910.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best-known bookstore in the country<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Still in this area, just cross the street and you will arrive at Rua das Carmelitas, a street full of interesting shops, including the Happy view<\/em>, Portuguese Life<\/em> and the best known of all bookstores in Portugal \u2013 the Lello Bookstore<\/em>. This bookstore is considered by several international publications as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world. It was opened in 1906 by brothers Jos\u00e9 and Ant\u00f3nio Lello and has remained there to this day at number 144 Rua das Carmelitas. It has a neo-Gothic facade, but it is above all its interior that attracts thousands of tourists due to its elaborate staircase, ornate ceilings imitating carved wood and the stained glass window also on the ceiling. Entrance costs \u20ac5, which you can discount when purchasing a book, but choose your time wisely as there are usually queues to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lello Bookstore<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The party avenue
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We walked down the busy Rua dos Cl\u00e9rigos, full of shops and old buildings, to reach the most \u201ccongregating\u201d avenue for Porto residents \u2013 Avenida dos Aliados. When there is a good reason to celebrate, this is where people gather, whether for football, popular saints or just for a walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Porto City Hall, Avenida dos Aliados<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Avenida dos Aliados is sparsely tree-lined, but is wide and long from the southernmost part where the Hotel Intercontinental do Porto is located on the Cardosas Palace<\/em> to the northern part where Porto's city council building is located. Its name evokes the Allies of the First World War and it was inaugurated in 1916. Along the entire avenue there are some statues that are worth highlighting: at the bottom the equestrian statue of D. Pedro IV, then further up the statue Menina Nua -Fountain of Youth and at the top there is a statue of the writer Almeida Garrett. I also highlight at the beginning of the avenue (facing Porto City Hall) on the right side, the old Caf\u00e9 Imperial, which possibly became one of the city's most famous restaurants. fast food<\/em> most beautiful in the world. \u00a0
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No centro do Porto, mas j\u00e1 mais afastados da faixa ribeirinha que vai da Ponte D. Luis I at\u00e9 \u00e0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":20114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[537],"tags":[722,721,723,578],"class_list":["post-20109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-porto","tag-aliados","tag-clerigos","tag-livraria-lello","tag-porto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20120,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20109\/revisions\/20120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portugalafora.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}