Massarelos () is a former

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in the municipality of

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish

Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos is a civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Lordelo do Ouro and Massarelos Massarelos () is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, P ...

. The population in 2011 was 6,789, in an area of 1.94 km².Eurostat
The municipality includes parts of the city's old downtown, classified by

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as a

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. Other landmarks include Porto's main

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sports hall, Porto's major

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and the Campo Alegre neighborhood, where a theatre and several buildings of the University of Porto are located.

Notable residents

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as part of the pop-duo 2B *

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References

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