1ª Avenida: Seven Floors of Art and Culture

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Photo: JN

1ª Avenida (First Avenue) is the name of the art’s space in Porto. Located in Aliados Avenue, it is a seven stories building, with over 4.500m2 and more than 50 rooms. This place, recently opened, looks for being the home of cultural agents of the city and of new talents on the different artistic subjects. It wants to assert itself as a contemporary, animations and creativity showcase.

Art since the 18th century to the 19th century

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photo: Danifer49 

Soares dos Reis National Museum was the first public art museu min Portugal.

This Summer, Culture is back in town

Video: visitporto | Oportonity to discover 2012

Summer is coming and Porto has unforgettable cultural activities lined up for you!
Visitporto.travel has prepared a great sneak-peek(2012) that will keep you dying to be a part of these events! Keep in touch for more updates. :D

O verão está a chegar e o Porto tem inesquecíveis atividades culturais programadas para ti!

O visitporto.travel, portal oficial do Turismo do Porto, preparou este video (2012) que te dará imensa vontade de fazer parte destes eventos! Não te esqueças de ficar atento para mais atualizações. :D

Casa Andresen invaded by animals from the five continents

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Universty of Porto opened this past weeekend the exhibition “Animals in the Museum”, at Casa Andresen. Tigers, lions or giraffes are some of the species exhibited, in surprising compositions.

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.

More than a Tea Storehouse

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Located in Porto’s downtown main area, “Armazém do Chá” (Tea Storehouse)

is set in a 19th century building. Once, that space used to be a roasting factory,

therefore some of the elements from the old facilities were recovered, giving it a

very unique style.

A Sunday Stroll in Serralves

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One of the most atractive tourist places in Porto is the Serralves Museum and its amazing gardens.

A House of culture and one of the symbols of the city

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Casa da Musica (House of Music) is the main Concert Hall in Porto, Portugal.

It was designed by the dutch architect Rem Koolhass, as part of the 2001 Porto, European Capital of Culture, however its construction was  only finalized in 2005, immediately becoming one of the city’s icons.

The Artists' Bar

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Today we will be telling you more about Bar dos Artistas (The Artists' Bar), in one of the most highlighted places of Porto: Casa da Musica.

Culturgest: A place to find art and culture

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If you are a culture and art enthusiast this is the ideal place to visit.

Located in Aliados Avenue, the living room of the city, there is Culturgest.

When "Bad Habits" are good habits

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Video: http://www.maushabitos.com/sobre/galeria/

If you are looking for cultural entertainment, Maus Hábitos is a great choice. They organise painting exhibitions, film screenings, events where you can chat with artists, poetry evenings and even concerts for all kinds of music tastes.

The prices go up to 5 euro.

Maus Hábitos is not your ordinary art gallery. It is a place where people can learn more about culture and has helped bring more life to Porto’s deserted city center.

You can find it on the fourth floor of an old building in Rua Passos Manuel, near Rua de Santa Catarina and Praça da Batalha.