Aliados
- Maurine Schmitz
- 21 mai 2018
- 2 min de lecture
Dernière mise à jour : 27 mai 2018
If you are in Porto, one of the districts that it is necessary absolutely visited is the one of Aliados, which is considered as the city center. You will find several key monuments but also restaurants.
Avenida Dos Aliados
The Avenida back Aliados, marked in the north summit by the city hall of Porto, by the magnificence of its architectural heritage, but also for its central character - it is also the address of the subway station of the same name. It, archetypal, is the place or the inhabitants of Porto find themselves to celebrate special moments, as the night of Saint Jean, the celebrations of the New Year or every time the key club of the city, Futebol Clube doh Porto, takes away a major title. It possesses granite buildings enormous and crowned with lanterns, with domes and domes. In a big central place, the statue takes life of the Portuguese writer Almeida Garrett and deserves to be also seen the ornamental pond.
Torre Dos Clérigos
The Torre Dos Clérigos is a work of the Italian architect Nicolau Nasoni and is one of the most symbolic monuments of the city. He was built between 1754 and 1763 and be a part of the church of the clergy. He has six floors, 75 meters high, which are accessible by a spiral staircase of 240 walking.
About the price :
5€ for to go at the bottom
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Livraria Lello
This bookshop is so considered as one of the most beautiful to the world. It thus became one of the major tourist places of Porto. The inside of the Livraria Lello is really magnificent. It is for nothing that we nickname it also sometimes the " cathedral of books "! A big window in the ceiling summit of colored glazings, plasters imitation wood, sculptured pillars. But especially this massive staircase in the middle of the room, in double- orientation, so harming 2 sides of the floor.
The British author of novels Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, taught English during 2 years to the university of Porto. It was at the beginning of the 90s, and it is said that shesaw frequently from time to time the Lello bookshop. She would then have been inspired by the interior design for the writing of certain passages of the saga of the Harry Potter!
About the price:
4€ to enter and to visit. But if you buy a book, the price of the first ticket will be deducted to you.
Take a look on the website.
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