Street Sá da Bandeira is a street in the parish of San Ildefonso of Porto , Portugal. The street was named in honor of Bernardo de Sá Nogueira de Figueiredo , a prominent figure of the Liberal Wars , especially the episode of the Siege of Porto . Began to be opened in 1836 , through land belonging to the priests Gathered around abandoned . The intention of the municipality , to rip this new artery , was to establish a rapid and direct link between the then Square D. Peter Street and Bonjardim . Construction began in 1836 but only seven years later ( 1843 ) have begun to build houses and the first that rose were those who stayed with the back facing the Viela Congregados . Eleven years later they turned to the South , because the councilman Elisio de Melo decided to extend the part of Bonjardim Street , between the new Rua de Sá da Bandeira and then called Rua de Santo António ...
