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Maria José Marques da Silva (1914-1996) was a Portuguese architect who, like her celebrated father, designed buildings in her native city of Porto. In 1943, she became the first woman to graduate as an architect from the Porto School of Fine Arts .
The Abbey of St. Batholomew, more simply known as the Abbey of Arouca (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Arouca), was a Cistercian monastery of women dating from the 10th century. It is located in Arouca, now in the Porto metropolitan area of Portugal.
The museum is located in the building constructed in 1767 in the historic center of Porto and used to serve as a prison (Cadeia da Relacao) until 1974. The building was restored and its former cells have been transformed into galleries. [41] [42] Casa do Infante: 1324 House of the Prince is a museum and one of the oldest buildings in the city ...
She Changes, known locally as anémona (the anemone), is a sculpture designed by artist Janet Echelman for the cities of Porto and Matosinhos, Northern Portugal.The installation consists of three steel poles, cables, a 20-ton steel ring and a net structure of varying densities and colors. [1]
Piscinas de Marés at Leça da Palmeira, 1959-1973 Marco de Canavezes Church, 1990-1996 Expo'98 pavilion of Portugal with its concrete veil, 1998 Ibere Camargo Foundation, 2008 Museu Nadir Afonso, 2016
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 ...
This is a list of buildings that are examples of Art Deco in Europe: Albania Hotel Green, Tirana ... Porto, Portugal. Armazéns Cunhas department store, Porto, 1936;
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