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Porto

Oporto
Municipality
From the top left corner clockwise: Clérigos Tower; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Church of São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto City Hall; Ribeira
From the top left corner clockwise: Clérigos Tower; Palácio da Bolsa; Avenida dos Aliados; Church of São Francisco; Porto Cathedral; Porto City Hall; Ribeira
Flag of Porto
Flag
 Coat of arms of Porto
Coat of arms
Etymology: Portuguese for "[the] port"
Nickname(s): 
A Cidade Invicta ("The Unvanquished City"), A Cidade da Virgem ("The City of the Virgin")
Motto(s): 
Antiga, Mui Nobre, Sempre Leal e Invicta (Old, Most Noble, Always Loyal and Unvanquished)
Porto is located in Portugal
Porto
Porto
Location in Portugal
Porto is located in Europe
Porto
Porto
Location in Europe
Country  Portugal
Region Norte
Subregion Grande Porto
District Porto
Settlement 275 BOT
Municipality 868
Civil parishes 7
Government
 • Type LAU
 • Body Concelho/Câmara Municipal
Area
 • Total 41.42 km2 (15.99 sq mi)
Elevation
104 m (341 ft)
Population
 • Total 287,591
 • Density 6,943.3/km2 (17,983.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal Zone
4000-286 Porto
Area code(s) (+351) 22
Demonym Portuense
Patron Saint Nossa Senhora de Vandoma
Municipal Holidays 24 June (São João)
Geographic detail from CAOP (2010) produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name Historic Centre of Porto
Criteria iv
Inscription 1996 (20th Session)

Porto in English traditionally Oporto, is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of Iberian Peninsula major urban areas. The city is famous for Port wine and football team FC Porto. It has a population of 287,591 and the metropolitan area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 2.3 million (2011) in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a gamma-level global city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group, the only Portuguese city besides Lisbon to be recognised as a global city.

Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto ("the port") which is where its former English name "Oporto" comes from.

Port wine, one of Portugal's most famous exports, is named after Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport, and export of fortified wine. In 2014 and 2017, Porto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency. Porto is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago.

Images for kids

  • Porto-Cathedral-2021

    Porto Cathedral, Sé do Porto, built in the 12th century, with Baroque and 20th-century modifications

  • Pergola Foz (Porto)

    Foz neighbourhood, along the coast

  • Porto562

    A street in Porto

  • Porto - Torres dos clérigos

    Clérigos Church and Tower

  • Cave do Vinho do Porto 03

    Barrels of port wine aging: the fortified wine is the best-known of the city's exports

  • Vila Nova de Gaia from Porto (6847153331)

    South side of Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia

  • Ribera area along the river Duoro, Porto, Portugal, 2019

    The Ribeira area along the river Douro, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

  • Luís I Bridge, Porto, Portugal

    Luís I Bridge, September 2019

  • Aeroporto Porto 17

    Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport

  • Estación de tren São Bento, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 10

    São Bento railway station

  • Estación de tren São Bento, Oporto, Portugal, 2019-06-02, DD 06

    Azulejos at São Bento

  • Puente Don Luis I, Oporto, Portugal, 2012-05-09, DD 14

    Porto Metro light rail

  • Autocarro STCP (Porto)

    STCP bus

  • Electrico e Câmara do Porto (Av. dos Aliados)

    Heritage tram

  • Fundación Serralves o palacete de Miami

    Casa de Serralves

  • Casamusicaexterior

    Casa da Música

  • Porto - Matosinhos - Praça da Cidade de Salvador

    On the waterfront, She Changes sculpture by artist Janet Echelman

  • Azuelo tile mural at Porto Cathedral

    Azulejos and Gothic elements at the Cathedral

  • Francesinha @ Ar do Rio

    The francesinha is made of bread, sausage, steak, cheese and a beer-based sauce. Some types of francesinha may include egg or other ingredients.

  • Up reitoria

    The rectory of the University of Porto

  • Palaciodecristalporto

    Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota

  • Estadio do Dragao 20050805

    Estádio do Dragão, home of FC Porto

  • Estadio do bessa

    Estádio do Bessa XXI, home of Boavista

  • Pr Infante D Henrique 2 (Porto)

    Monument to Prince Henry the Navigator

  • Duarte-coelho-pereira-2-10-03-1534

    Duarte Coelho

  • Silva Porto

    Statue of António da Silva Porto in Angola

  • Estatua Julio Dinis (Porto)

    Statue of Júlio Dinis

  • Jardim Botanico do Porto-Sophia

    Statue of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

  • Rosa Mota na Exponor

    Rosa Mota, 2012

See also

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