Portugal Porto13 Avenida da Boavista

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Porto
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The city of Porto is one of the most visited
cities in Europe, hosting more than a million
tourists a year. It is the second largest city in
Portugal, known worldwide for its wine, its
bridges and its historical center, classified as
World Heritage by UNESCO. Explore Porto at your
own pace with a 1- or 2-day ticket to the
panoramic, open-top, hop-on, hop-off bus. With 2
routes at your disposal, discover all of the
citys top attractions, from the magnificent Se
Cathedral, to quaint seaside neighborhoods
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Boavista roundabout
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Boavista roundabout and Casa da Música
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Casa da Música
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Casa da Música houses the cultural institution
Fundação Casa da Música, and three orchestras
The architecturally-innovative building is
formally-configured around an asymmetrical
polyhedron that extends over nine floors. The
building is covered in plaques of white cement,
cut by large undulated or plane glass windows
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Avenida da Boavista
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Avenida da Boavista
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Avenida da Boavista
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Avenida da Boavista
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Avenida da Boavista
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Avenida da Boavista
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Monumento ao Empresário by José Rodrigues (1936-2
016)
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Avenida da Boavista/ Avenida do Marechal Gomes da
Costa Monumento ao Empresário by José Rodrigues
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Monumento ao Empresário by José Rodrigues
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Stretching for about 5.5 kilometres, Avenida da
Boavista is the longest avenue in Porto. Avenida
da Boavista starts with a road with the same
name, Rua da Boavista, and ends at Praça
Gonçalves Zarco, known as Castelo do Queijo,
which is in front of the sea
Avenida da Boavista
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Edificio Vodafone
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Vodafone Portugal Head Office, Porto by Barbosa e
Guimaraes Arquitectos
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Vodafone Portugal Functionally, the building has
eight floors working three as underground.  On
the ground floor, in addition to the auditorium,
we have a store facing the Boavista Avenue, the
cafeteria and office access
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Avenida da Boavista became renowned as the
economic and cultural centre of Porto, as this
long avenue has office blocks, hotels, shopping
centres, prestigious brand stores (such as Hugo
Boss, Dolce Gabbana and Versace) and some of
the most luxurious housing
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Camellia tree
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Oporto was the first European city to be known as
the City of the Camellias. From March 4 to 11,
Porto dedicates a whole week of programming
exclusively dedicated to camellia, the flower of
the city, considered a natural and cultural
heritage
Yucca gigantea
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Although camellias are originally from Southeast
Asia, from countries stretching from China to
Japan, in Porto they found themselves at home.
The first record of camellias in Porto date back
to 1810, when Luis Van Zeller ordered these
flowers from England. Probably it is not a
coincidence that there was a well established
English community in Porto, most connected
to Port wine trade, as it was precisely in
England that the first camellia in Europe
appeared, in 1739
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Camellias quickly adapted to the mild
temperatures and the acid soils of Porto. In such
a way that in 1849, when the poet Carducci Giusuè
visited the king Carlos Alberto, exiled in Porto,
he wrote that Porto is a river running between
camellias.
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Largest Camellia Japonica in Portugal
Porto is known as the City of Camellias since
1880, and of the 376 Portuguese varieties, more
than 330 were obtained in the 19th century
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José Marques Loureiro (1830-1898), owner of the
largest collection in the country at that time,
ordered many exotic species of camellias from
abroad, and in 1865 he participated in the
International Exhibition at the Crystal Palace
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In this exhibition, José M. Loureiro reproduced
the family tree of the Royal Family of Portugal
in camellias made of wax, attributing to each one
of them a name of a member from the Royal Family
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Avenida da Boavista
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Praça de Gonçalves Zarco and Forte de São
Francisco Xavier do Queijo
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Praça de Gonçalves Zarco Dom João VI (1767-1826)
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Praça de Gonçalves Zarco
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Fort of São Francisco Xavier which overlooks the
beach
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Praia do Castelo do Queijo The beach itself is a
short stretch of sand and rocks which backs onto
a promenade
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Not generally as popular as Matasinhos around the
corner the beach still gets busy during the
summer months
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Located at the beginning of Avenida de
Montevideu, this fountain was inaugurated in 1931
and is authored by architect Manuel Marques
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Metrosideros excelsa (pohutukawa, New Zealand
pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, iron tree)
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Matasinhos beach and Terminal de Cruzeiros de
Leixões
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Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões
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Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões
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Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões
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