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Monumento ao Empresário
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Avenida da Boavista
4150, Porto
The Monumento do Empresário (a tribute to the Porto’s great businessmen) is at the beginning of the Marechal Gomes da Costa Avenue. It was created in the beginning of the 90ies by the sculptor José Rodrigues.
Pilares da Ponte Pênsil
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Margem Direita do Rio Douro
4050, Porto
The two bridge-piers, from 1843, are all that’s left of the bridge that would be replaced by the D. Luís Bridge. Between 1843 and 1887 this bridge secured the river crossing between the Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia Cities.
Estátua de Dom Pedro IV
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Praça da Liberdade
4000, Porto
Evoking the King who leaved the Porto city, literally, his heart, this equestrian statue by the French sculptor Carmels, represents D. Pedro IV, in a symbolic gesture, offering the constitution to the people.
Chafariz do Anjo São Miguel
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Terreiro da Sé
4000, Porto
This is a fountain that has, over a small column, a statue of the Angel São Miguel. It was built right after the former Arco the Vandoma place, by the Vímara Peres Statue.
Fonte do Bicho
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Largo de Artur Arcos
4050, Porto
Fountain that, in 1821, replaced the former Fonte da Ermida (from the XV century). It owes its name to the fact of the name of the fish that the water comes from was never found.
Fonte dos Leões
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Praça de Gomes Teixeira, 10
4050-526, Porto
The Leões Fountain, from 1878, is at the Praça Gomes Teixeira centre. This fountain, made in cast iron, was created in 1877 by the Compagnie Générale des Eaux pour L'Etranger. This company was responsible of the water in the city. The fountain has three overlapped cups and four winged lions where the water flows from.
Obeliscos da Quinta da Prelada
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Rua do Passeio Alegre
4150, Porto
This obelisks coming from the Quinta da Prelada are two XVIII century works, made by Nicolau Nasoni. They were later associated with the entrance of the D. Pedro’s troops in the city.
Chafariz do Laranjal
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Largo da Trindade
4000, Porto
The Chafariz do Laranjal has a central column with ajutages spilling water into a tank. Before being placed at the Largo da Trindade, this fountain used to be at the Nova Sintra Gardens, in Campanhã.
Fonte das Taipas
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Rua das Virtudes
4050, Porto
This fountain exists by the people’s will. It was built in 1772, after a petition made to the City council by the Largo do Postigo das Virtudes inhabitants. It is shaped like a pyramid trunk laying on a cup. The water comes from the central ornament, an oval medallion and runs through the cup into a tank.
Igreja de Santo Ildefonso
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Rua de Santo Ildefonso, 11 - Praça da Batalha
4000-542, Porto
The Santo Ildefonso Church is placed at the beginning of the street with the same name. This church stands out immediately for its azulejos (tiles), which cover almost all of it. Its reconstruction started in 1730, because the first church was in ruins, and ended in 1737. The walls have Jorge Colaço’s azulejos (1932), with scenes from Saint Ildefonso’s life and Eucharist allegories. The lateral altars are neoclassical works and the co-lateral altars are rococo.