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Villa Myosótis is a residential building located in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It is located at Avenida Mousinho de Albuquerque, 140. The building has multiple apartments, where the notable Portuguese writer
Agustina Bessa-Luís Agustina Bessa-Luís, GOSE (; 15 October 1922 – 3 June 2019) was a Portuguese writer. From 1986 and 1987, she was director of the daily '' O Primeiro de Janeiro'' (Porto). From 1990 to 1993, she was director of the D. Maria II National Theatre ( ...
lived during her early teenager years, a period when she developed her writing style, while studying in nearby Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Jesus. The building started being built when the city hall approved the project on May 26, 1925. It was restored in early 2000s. Villa Myosótis has a Portuguese modernist style. It is a building with a vertical dominance, three floors, basement and full use of the attic. Of masonry construction, the façade is noted by the platforms projecting from the wall of the building, yellow painted frames, decorated azulejo panels with
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
influence and the colonnade of the second and third floors.


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