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Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM [1] [2] (Portuguese pronunciation: [futɨˈβɔl ˈkluβɨ ðu ˈpoɾtu]), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional 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.
The Serras do Porto Park (Portuguese: Parque das Serras do Porto) is situated in the Porto Metropolitan Area, encompassing territories within the municipalities of Gondomar, Paredes, and Valongo. It is classified as a regional protected landscape. [ 1 ]
A maquette of the medieval town of Porto, with its earlier, "Suevan"/Sé walls - the Fernandina Walls covered a significantly larger area and reached the riverfront The gate Postigo do Carvão dating to 1348 The rectangular watchtowers and visible fortifications A staircase alongside segment of the fortifications
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The first architect of the Palácio was Joaquim da Costa Lima Júnior, who was in charge of the project from 1840 until 1860. He was responsible for the general design of the building, inspired by the Neopalladian architecture that was in fashion in Porto since the late 18th century, expressed in buildings like the Hospital of St Anthony (by English architect John Carr), the English Factory ...
FC Porto Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of Portuguese football club Porto. The museum was opened in September 2013 on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of FC Porto under the east stand of the Estádio do Dragão (Dragon Stadium). The museum covering 8000 square meters and 27 thematic areas, displays over 2000 items as trophies ...
Porto has several institutions of higher education, the largest one being the state-managed University of Porto (Universidade do Porto), which is the second largest Portuguese university, after the University of Lisbon, with approximately 28,000 students and considered one of the 100 best Universities in Europe. [93]
Porto's Crystal Palace was designed by English architect Thomas Dillen Jones and the Anglo-Irish engineer Francis Webb Sheilds.It was built at Torre da Marca on the edge of the city centre in granite, iron and glass, with the Crystal Palace in London serving as a model, as Jones and Sheilds had both worked on that building.