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Ribeira (Porto, Portugal)

Ribeira (Porto, Portugal)

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Ribeira (Porto, Portugal)

Ribeira is one of the oldest and most typical places in the city of Porto.
Located next to the Douro River, it is part of the Historic Center of Porto: Sé, S. Nicolau, Vitória and Miragaia, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is currently an area very frequented by tourists and a place of concentration of bars and restaurants.
In Ribeira, Praça da Ribeira and its very old houses, popularly also known as Praça do Cubo, are worth mentioning; Rua da Fonte Taurina, one of the oldest in the city; the Wall of Bacalhoeiros and the Casa do Infante, where Infante D. Henrique is believed to have been born in 1394. It was in this area of Porto that one of the most charismatic figures of the city lived, the so-called Duque da Ribeira, known for having saved several drowning people.

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Exposure time 1/15
Focus length 18.0 mm
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