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The Best Attractions In Northern Portugal

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Norte or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisboa, and the third most extensive by area. The region has 3,689,173 inhabitants according to the 2011 census, and its area is 21,278 km² . It is one of five regions of Mainland Portugal . Its main population center is the urban area of Porto, with about one million inhabitants; it includes a larger political metropolitan region with 1.8 million, and an urban-metropolitan agglomeration with 2.99 million inhabitants, including Porto and a number of urban areas in Northwestern Portugal, ranging from Braga to Aveiro. The Commission of Regional Coordination of the North is the ...
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The Best Attractions In Northern Portugal

  • 1. Ponte de Dom Luis I Porto
    The Dom Luís I Bridge , or Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the River Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At its construction, its 172 metres span was the longest of its type in the world. It has been confused with the nearby Maria Pia Bridge, a railway bridge that was built 9 years earlier , that is similar in aspect to the Luís I bridge.
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  • 2. Rio Douro Porto
    The Douro is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto.
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  • 3. Bom Jesus do Monte Braga
    Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portuguese sanctuary in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount. The Sanctuary is a notable example of pilgrimage site with a monumental, Baroque stairway that climbs 116 meters . It is an important tourist attraction of Braga.
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  • 4. Palacio da Bolsa Porto
    The Stock Exchange Palace is a historical building in Porto, Portugal. The palace was built in the 19th century by the city's Commercial Association in Neoclassical style. It is located in the Infante D. Henrique Square in the historical centre of Porto, designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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  • 5. Praia da Luz Porto
    Praia da Vitória , translated as the Beach of the Victory, is a municipality in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. With a population of 21,035 , the second largest administrative authority on the island of Terceira, it covers an area of 161.27 square kilometres , that extends from the northern coast halfway into the interior.
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  • 7. Museu Serralves Porto
    Serralves is a cultural institution located in Porto, Portugal, and one of the most important of all the country. It includes a Contemporary Art Museum, a Park and a Villa, each one an example of contemporary architecture, Modernism, and Art Deco architecture. The Museum, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira, is now the most visited museum in Portugal and one of the most relevant in the contemporary art circuit in Europe.
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  • 8. FC Porto Museum Porto
    Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM , commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. Founded on 28 September 1893, Porto is one of the Big Three teams in Portugal – together with Lisbon-based rivals Benfica and Sporting CP – that have appeared in every season of the Primeira Liga since its establishment in 1934. They are nicknamed Dragões , for the mythical creature atop the club's crest, and Azuis e brancos , for the shirt colours. The club supporters are called Portistas. Since 2003, Porto have played their home matches at the Estádio do Dragão, which replaced the previous 52-year-old ground, the Estádio das Antas. Porto is...
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  • 9. Praia do Carneiro Porto
    Jequiá da Praia is a municipality located in the coast of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its area is 339 km², and in 2005 it had a population of 12,926. The municipal seat lies on the Jequiá River. The municipality contains the 10,231 hectares Lagoa do Jequiá Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002.
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  • 11. Porto Cathedral (Se Catedral) Porto
    Porto, a popular tourist destination in Portugal is the second largest city of the country. The city is located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal. Porto is one of the oldest European centers, and its historical core was classified a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996.
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  • 12. Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco Porto
    The Church of Saint Francis is the most prominent Gothic monument in Porto, Portugal, being also noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration. It is located in the historic centre of the city, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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  • 13. Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis Porto
    Soares dos Reis National Museum is a museum, currently housed in the Carrancas Palace situated in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the northern Portuguese city of Porto. Founded in 1833, it is the first Portuguese national museum exhibiting collections of Portuguese art, including a collection by Portuguese sculptor António Soares dos Reis, from which the museum derives its name.
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  • 14. Church of Sao Pedro dos Clerigos Porto
    The following is a list of churches in Portugal by district or autonomous region.
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  • 15. Igreja do Carmo Porto
    The Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição is a church in the civil parish of Madalena, in the municipality of Lisbon. The Church of Conceição dos Freires, or Conceição Velha, was not included in the original plans to reconstruct the Lisbon riverfront, even though it was partially ruined. Instead, King Joseph gave the monks from the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição the location of the Misericórdia church, and ordered Pombaline architect Francisco António Ferreira in 1770, to rebuild the structure. Once renovations were completed, the clerics of the Conceição, re-occupied the rebuilt Misericórdia Church, and the Brotherhood of the Misericórdia was transferred to the Church of São Roque. Francisco António Ferreira, also known as o Cangalhas, reused the lateral entrance, cen...
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