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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. [89]
Circuito da Boavista is a street circuit in Porto, Portugal, which was used twice for the Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix.The original course began at the harbor-front "Esplanada do Rio de Janeiro", continued on "Avenida da Boavista", (hence the circuit's name), and then twisted its way through small neighborhoods back to the start-finish line.
The District of Porto (Portuguese: Distrito do Porto ⓘ) is located on the north-west coast of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Porto , the second largest city in the country. It is bordered by the Aveiro and Viseu districts to the south, Braga district to the north and Vila Real district to the east.
Roads in Portugal are defined by the Plano Rodoviário Nacional (PRN, English: National Road Plan), which describes the existing and planned network of Portuguese roads.. The present plan in force is the 2000 National Road Plan (PRN 2000), approved in 1
A second company, the Companhia Carris de Ferro do Porto (CCFP) (the Porto Tramways Company), was established in 1873, and it opened a line from Praça Carlos Alberto via Boavista to Foz (Cadouços) in 1874. More lines were added through the 1870s until the 1890s.
The Porto metropolitan area is the second largest metropolitan area of Portugal, with about 1.7 million people. It groups the larger Porto Urban Area, the second largest in the country, assembled by the municipalities of Porto, Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Gondomar, Valongo and Maia. It also includes three smaller urban areas: Póvoa de ...
The original line of the Guindais Funicular was designed to overcome the steep incline between Porto's riverside area and the higher elevations, where the population was concentrated. Established in July 1887, the Parceria dos Elevadores do Porto commissioned engineer Raul Mesnier to develop the project.
The Casa da Música, Porto's modern music venue, is located in the Rotunda da Boavista. The Rotunda da Boavista has 31416 m 2 of area and there are eight streets reaching this roundabout: Avenida da Boavista (twice) Rua de Caldas Xavier; Rua da Meditação; Rua de Júlio Dinis; Rua de Nossa Senhora de Fátima; Avenida de França; Rua de Cinco ...