ROC2C

Rua do Almada - Street Baixa Porto , begins in Rua dos Clérigos and ends at the Praça República with a total length of 805 meters in Portuguese Pavement . Formerly known as the Rua das Hortas , currently is named after João de Almada e Melo who was governor in the second half of the eighteenth century , when this street was opened. Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2 c

Praça D.João I, Porto - Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Oporto - Campo dos Mártires da Pátria North and west of the Clérigos church is the broad Campo dos Mártires da Pátria. A part of it is taken up by the Praça de Lisboa, with its market stalls, while another part holds the beautiful Jardim de Joao Chagas (Jardim da Cordoaria). On the south side stands the old prison (18th C.), and at the northwest corner the Hospital de Santo António (begun 1769). On the north side of the Campo is the University (founded in 1911; previously a technical college), which also has a small Natural History Museum. In the photo , left , better known as Jardim da Cordoaria . Also known as Campo dos Mártires da Pátria , has the official name of João Chagas Garden . In the Middle Ages this site became the centre of the cord warners. In 1865 it was transformed into a garden following a desing by the German Landscape gardener, Emil David. It became a very popular meeting place for town people utntil the beginning of the XXth century. http://www.plane...

The name of the Rua do Passeio Alegre at Foz do Douro , replaced a very old place-name was not lost everything, because even in the words of the people: Cantareira . Cantareira means or meant , the poial placed where the pitchers , waiting time at source . Dates back at least to the thirteenth century , because the mention Inquiries ordered by D. Afonso III in 1258 . In Passeio Alegre two monuments worthy of mention : The beautiful fountain , which came from Monchique , and pyramids that decorate the gardens before the Fifth Prelada . And yet that abortive fifteenth century chapel and lighthouse , built by the commendatory Santo Tirso , the famous Miguel da Silva , Bishop of Worcester . http://ruasdoporto.blogspot.com Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

It is one of the must-visit spots of Douro estuary, an 18th century romantic garden by the river. It has several vegetal species with canopy trees and ornamental plants. Here you will find Obelisk-shaped chandeliers in forged iron, created by Nicolau Nasoni, as well as a metal gazebo. São João da Foz Castle and the ancient buildings of the pot pilots are situated here. http://www.lifecooler.com Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

葡萄牙路面 葡萄牙路面 葡萄牙路面 Square, where lies the Rivoli Theatre (opened 1932 ) and with two face to face " huge " buildings of which was called the Skyscraper time of their construction , the other was the seat of Portuguese Bank Atlantic Cupertino de Miranda . This square has been completely redesigned in 2001 , built in Oporto - Capital of Culture . The source has disappeared . In 2006 this unit was deployed on Marquês . http://ruasdoporto.blogspot.com Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

葡萄牙 路面 葡萄牙 路面 Covilhã, Castelo Branco - Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c

Celso Gonçalves

Theatre Sá da Bandeira - initially Circus Theatre and then Theatre Royal Prince - was inaugurated on August 4, 1855 , and then a wooden shed . In 1867 , would be destroyed to be built at the same venue , a theater of stone and lime . A week after the Republic was established in 1910 , renamed itself Theatre Sá da Bandeira . Fotos: Celso Gonçalves Roc2c http://www.igogo.pt

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 ...

It started to be constructed in 1795, in classical style, and was concluded in 1878. The plan, by engineer Carlos Almarante, was changed mostly in the vestry and in the retable of the high altar. Interior The temple has only one nave, relatively tall, with a barrel vault, girded by ten butt end arches. In the chapel there is a memorial painting of the Barcas Bridge catastrophe. It has an old painting of the German school, of great value, representing Our Lady of Divine Providence. Its Crib is also famous. http://www.portoturismo.pt Photos: Celso Gonçalves

Photos: Celso Gonçalves

葡萄牙 路面 Avenue D. Charles I, in Foz do Douro , is one of the most representative of the city of Porto . The " Avenue of the Palms ' as portuenses is best known for , it was called so until midcentury XX , when it came to honoring King Carlos . Photos: Celso Gonçalves

Covilhã, Castelo Branco - Portugal Photos: Celso Gonçalves