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Municipal Library Of Porto
The Municipal Library of Porto ( pt, Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto) is a library located in the civil parish of Bonfim, municipality of Porto in the Portuguese district of the same name. History The ''Real Biblioteca do Porto'' (''Royal Library of Porto'') was established on 9 July 1833, by decree of the King D. Pedro and endorsed by Cândido José Xavier (Minister/Secretary of State for Affairs of the Kingdom). The library was initially installed in 1841 in the ''Hospício de Santo António do Vale da Piedade'', in the ''Praça do Cordoaria'' and later the Episcopal Palace of Porto. In 1842 it finally moved to the Convent of Santo António da Cidade hospice, next to the Garden of São Lázaro, along ''Rua D. João IV''. The first librarian was appointed by the Minister Inspector, with the first books being collected from the former libraries of the convents and religious institutions of the Diocese. The first books in the library were 16 manuscript volumes which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convent Of Santo António Da Cidade
The Convent of Santo António da Cidade ( pt, Convento de Santo António da Cidade) is a former-convent and Municipal Library of Porto, public library in the Freguesia, civil parish of Bonfim (Porto), Bonfim, in the Concelho, municipality of Porto, in the Portugal, Portuguese Porto District, district of the same name. History In 1747, a hospice was founded in the city of Porto to the invocation of ''Nossa Senhora da Conceição'' (''Our Lady of the Conception''), by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Minor Reformed Friars of St. Francis, or Order of Friars Minor, Capuchos of the Province of Conceiçaõ. Two years later, a chapel was constructed by Dionísio Verney in the field of São Lázaro, that was later acquired by the religious friars for the hospice. Between 1779 and 1780, Queen D. Maria I of Portugal, Maria I conceded to the Franciscans authorization to found a Regular Hospice in the city of Porto. On 26 November 1780, António José Mendes Guimarães sold the ''"public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
