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The Porto Metropolitan Area is a major economic engine in Portugal, with a very high HDI (Human Development Index) and a GDP above the European average. [4] Porto has been Portugal's largest manufacturing region since the Industrial Revolution and is home to many of the country's largest corporations. It is chaired by Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues .
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.
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. [91]
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 ...
Portugal's two metropolitan areas, Lisbon with over 2.8 million inhabitants and Porto with over 1.7 million inhabitants, are the largest agglomerations in the country. In the two metropolitan areas, in addition to the large cities of Lisbon and Porto, there are other cities that together form the metropolitan area.
Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro. The CP Urban Services in the greater Porto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Porto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Porto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel.
This nomination comprises the sites in Portugal that had a role in the Age of Discovery, starting in the early 15th century. Sites include Sagres (pictured), home of Prince Henry the Navigator , Lagos as a port which played a role in the Atlantic slave trade , Silves with a sugar mill, and three settlements in the islands colonized during this ...
In the mid-18th century the city needed new urban improvements to provide for the swift flow of goods and people between the Ribeira neighbourhood and other areas of Porto. In this context, governor João de Almada e Melo opened a new street, the São João Street, that connected the Ribeira Square and the upper town, and promoted the ...