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Estátua do Infante Dom Henrique
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique
4050, Porto
Monument made by Tomás da Costa, opened in 1900. Here the Infante appears with a representation of the world at his feet, pointing the Discoveries Way. This statue is near the Ribeira, right across the Mercado Ferreira Borges.
Estátua de Vímara Peres
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Terreiro da Sé
4000, Porto
Opened in 1968, this equestrian statue in bronze, made by the sculptor Barata Feyo. It represents the mythical nobleman Vímara Peres, the presumable commandant of the troops that occupied the city from 868 to 1071 and that, in some way, presaged Portugal’s autonomy.
Estátua de Garcia de Orta
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Largo de Tomé Pires
4150, Porto
Stone statue by Vilar, from 1971, raised at the Praceta de Tomé Pires to Rua de Sagres.
Chafariz do Cubo
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Praça da Ribeira
4050, Porto
The most known monument of Ribeira is from José Rodrigues. It is a fountain which has a huge bronze cube at the centre.
Chafariz da Colher
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Rua de Miragaia
4050, Porto
The Chafariz da Colher is a fountain with a base and an ajutage made of granite. It is sided by a wall shaped as a tank. Considered to be the oldest fountain in the city, is name is owed to a tribute people had to pay for each bag that entered the Porto city: a spoon of cereals.
Igreja de Campanhã
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Rua do Falcão
4300, Porto
The church must have been built in 1714. Two moments mark its existence: the sack at the second French invasion and the several damages during the Porto siege. The church shelters the image, in limestone, of Nossa Senhora de Campanhã.
Capela de Nossa Senhora do Ó
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Largo do Terreiro, 9
4050-603, Porto
Originally devoted to the Senhora da Piedade, it also welcomed the Senhora do Ó, a pregnant Virgin, when the chapel where it used to be was destroyed. The Frontispiece has several ornamental, which frame the portal and a niche with an image of the Virgin.
Edifício da Antiga Bolsa dos Comerciantes
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Rua do Infante Dom Henrique, 47-53
4050-297, Porto
Building where the XV century Porto’s trade exchange ran. It has the medieval arms of the Casa de Avis, which recall the role of the King Dom João I on the renovation of the present Infante Dom Henrique Street. The building was restored in the reign of Dom Afonso V and became, also, the entrance to the Casa da Moeda (mint), from which you still can see the XVI century door. It was the Crown’s and the morgados de Fermedo property, one of the families that ennobled this important street and business centre of the old town.
Capela de Fradelos
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Rua Guedes de Azevedo, 50
4000, Porto
This chapel is all that’s left of the Fradelhos place that existed here, when the way from the chapel to the Gonçalo Cristóvão Street was an open country.
Torre de Dom Pedro Pitões
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Calçada de Dom Pedro Pitões
4050-467, Porto
Also known as the Torre da Cidade (city tower), it is a three floors, quadrangular building. It has named after the Porto’s bishop that, in 1147, at the terreiro da Sé, encouraged the crusaders to help D. Afonso Henriques at the Lisbon conquest.