Rosa Mota Pavilion: Where once stood a Crystal Palace

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 Photo: Carlos Sillva, no Flickr

The Crystal Palace was a building built only with iron, glass and stone, inspired on the Crystal Palace in London and with the goal of hosting industrial, agricultural and artistic exhibitions. Its first event was Porto’s International Exhibition, in 1865.

Crystal Palace Gardens: an escape from the city

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It is one of the most beautiful places in Porto and some say it is the lungs of the city. The garden was designed at the end of the 19th century by the architect Emille David. The name, Crystal Palace, is attributed  by the building built on site, around the same time, but that was later destroyed in 1956, and replaced by Rosa Mota Pavilion.