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Lined with bulging, beaux-arts facades and capped by the stately câmara municipal (municip-
al council), this avenida recalls grand Parisian imitators like Buenos Aires and Budapest.
Its central plaza was restored a few years back and often hosts pop-up-book, comic and art
festivals and exhibitions.
Torre dos Clérigos
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TOWER
(Rua de S Filipe de Nery; admission €2; 9am-6.30pm) Just uphill from Aliados you can get your
bearings and bird's-eye photographs from the vertigo-inducing Torre dos Clérigos. Italian-
born baroque master Nicolau Nasoni designed the 76m-high tower in the mid-1700s. To
reach the top you must scale its 225-step spiral staircase.
Jardim da Cordoaria
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Uphill from Aliados and past the Torre dos Clérigos lies the pleasantly leafy park known
simply as 'Cordoaria'. Check out the four haunting sculptures by Spanish sculptor Juan
Muñoz. The romantic, narrow lanes that run north from the Cordoaria and the Torre are
the domain of Porto's hippest bars.
PARK
MUSEUM
Centro Português de Fotografia
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(Portuguese Photography Centre; www.cpf.pt ; Campo dos Mártires da Pátria; exhibition hall 10am-12.30pm &
2-6pm Tue-Fri, 3-7pm Sat & Sun) On the south side of Cordoaria is a stately yet muscular
building (1796) that once served as a prison and now houses a photography museum. You
actually walk through the thick iron gates and into the cells to see the work, which lends
the intriguing exhibits even more gravitas. Immediately south of the museum are the nar-
row, atmospheric lanes that were once part of Porto's judiaria (Jewish quarter).
Igreja do São João Novo
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CHURCH
( 8am-11am & 3-5pm Mon-Fri, 4.30-6.30pm Sat, 8am-10am Sun) Set up a narrow maze of
stone stairs, this medieval church with magnificent views was built in 1539 on land that
was originally part of Porto's old Jewish quarter. It's a nice place to stop, take a breath and
listen to sad fado tunes riding the wind.
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