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Casa da Rua de São Miguel

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Address: Rua de São Miguel, 4, 4050-559 Porto

Crossing the Rua de S. Bento da Vitória and the Rua de São Miguel you will find the House of Rua de São Miguel, on no. 4. The tiles dating from the 19th century that cover it and make it so special and different depict episodes from the life of Our Lady and general everyday life scenes. The street called S. Miguel was one of the main streets within the Olival New Jewish Quarter, created in 1386 following the instructions of the king D. João I.

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Depósito de Materiais da Fábrica das Devesas (old ceramics warehouse)

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Address: Rua José Falcão, 199, 4050-317 Porto

The building was constructed from 1899 to 1901, by initiative of António de Almeida Costa, the founder of the Devesas Ceramics Factory, and served as Porto's warehouse and showroom for the ceramic materials produced at the factory in Vila Nova de Gaia. Its originality is based on a combination of smooth and relief-pattern tiles decorating its entire main façade and the façade on Rua da Conceição. Another distinctive characteristic accentuating the building's neo-Islamic character is revealed by the horseshoe-shaped windows and the platband with ceramic merlons interwoven with ceramic vases.

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São Bento Railway Station

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Address: Praça de Almeida Garrett, 4000-069 Porto

The S. Bento Railway Station was built at the beginning of the twentieth century on the exact location of the former Convent of S. Bento de Avé-Maria. The glass and iron structure was designed by the architect Marques da Silva. The vestibule is adorned with twenty thousand tiles painted by Jorge Colaço that illustrate the transport evolution and events of Portuguese history and life.

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Cathedral

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Address: Terreiro da Sé , 4050-573 Porto

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Construction dating from the twelfth/thirteenth century, in Romanesque style, that has been enlarged and renewed over the years up to its final setting, in the twentieth century, resulting in an idealized reconstitution of the medieval cathedral. Special mention goes to: the Gothic São João Evangelista Chapel and the cloister, from the fourteenth century; the enlargement of the main chapel, the Santíssimo Sacramento Chapel and its silver altar, from the eighteenth century (mannerist); the eighteenth century Baroque frescos in the main chapel and the sacristy, by Nicolau Nasoni, and the tiles in the cloister, by Vital Rifarto; the sculpture in the Baptism Chapel, by Teixeira Lopes (father) from the nineteenth century.

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Chapel of Almas

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Address: Rua Sta. Catarina, 428 , 4000-444 Porto

Chapel built at the beginning of the eighteenth century. From the same period is the image of Nossa Senhora das Almas (Our Lady of the Souls), which is inside. In 1929, the entire exterior was covered with tiles representing scenes from the life of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Catherine. Those tile panels were recovered in 1982.

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Chapel of Fradelos

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Address: Rua Guedes de Azevedo, 50, 4000-271 Porto

Inaugurated in 1893, it is a rectangular construction with a single nave with religious neoclassical architecture, completed by a bell tower and two elongated lateral bodies. The main facade, as well as its interior, has blue and white tiles designed by Jorge Colaço. In its interior, focus goes to the plastered ceiling which is decorated with golden centred medallions.

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Church of Corpo Santo de Massarelos

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Address: Largo do Adro , 4050-016 Porto

Construction began in 1776 and it has a niche with the patron saint, São Pedro Gonzalez Telmo, also known simply as São Telmo. The rear façade, facing the river, bears the Cross of Christ and a tile panel, symbolic of the Age of Discovery, featuring Prince Henry.

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Church of Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Carmo

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Address: Rua do Carmo, 4050-164 Porto

Church built in the second half of the eighteenth century. Due to its architecture and interior carvings, it is considered to be one of the most remarkable buildings of Porto rococo. In 1912, its lateral façade was covered with tiles. The drawings on those tiles were designed by Silvestre Silvestri. They are figurative compositions alluding to the cult of Nossa Senhora (Our Lady). Building designated national monument.

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Church of S. Pedro de Miragaia

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Address: Largo de S. Pedro de Miragaia, 4050-564 Porto

Known for being one of the most ancient churches in the city, the temple went through deep architectonic changes in the 1830s. From the crossing, the chancel is totally covered with wood carvings, showing artistic expressions from different times: National, in the style of D. João V, and Rococo. Worthy of notice and of great artistic value is the triptych of Flemish origin having as subject the Pentecost.

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Church of Santo António dos Congregados

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Address: Rua Sá da Bandeira, 11, 4000-433 Porto

Church from the early eighteenth century with a Baroque style façade. It is dedicated to Santo Antonio. This devotion is reflected both at the front, where a space containing a statue of Santo Antonio stands out and on the exterior tiles and interior wall paintings where scenes from his life are depicted. Accessible for people with reduced mobility through nº 11.

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