Palace Of São João Novo
The Palace of São João Novo () is a palace/residence in the Freguesia, civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the Concelho, municipality of Porto, in the Portugal, Portuguese Porto District, district of the same name. History The palace was constructed in 1727 by Pedro Costa Lima. In the 19th century, the palace was expanded, towards the west. On 15 December 1945, the museum was inaugurated to house regional artefacts and to re-create and display traditional environments, through the initiaties of ethnographer Dr. Pedro Vitorino. In 1984, a fire destroyed the area occupied by the museum directorate offices. On 9 August 1991, the museum was placed under the supervision of the ''Instituto Português de Museus'' (''Portuguese Institute for Museum''), by decree 278/91 (Diário da República, Série-1A), but the Museum of Ethnology was closed to the public in 1992. The building was owned by the descendants of Álvaro Leite Pereira de ...
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Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire concelho, municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 248,769 people in a municipality with only . Porto's urban area has around 1,319,151 people (2025) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas
, March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centers and ...
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