08.
30 Leaving Castelo de Paiva Town-Hall
The tower of the Town-
10.00H. Visit to the Porto Cathedral Hall, built in the 14th
and 15th centuries, was
one of the most impor-
tant buildings in the up-
per side of the city. The
town meetings were
held here until the mid-
fifteen hundreds. Then,
the building began to decay due to having been built on
top of the wooden foundations of the old medieval wall.
House in
Beco dos Redemoinhos
This is one of the most perfect
Constructed in the 12th century in the Ro- examples of the civil architec-
manesque style, it shows influences of the ture from the early 14th cen-
tury. The façade, half-hidden
Limousin region of France and the Coimbra
behind the chancel of the Ca-
school. The vestry, the cloisters, and the cha-
pel of João Gordo - with the notable tomb of thedral, formerly overlooked
a lively square of the borough
the founder - date from the gothic period. On
and is now limited to the west
the outside wall of the northern tower, a bas- by the missing niche of the Ca-
relief depicts a 14th-century vessel, showing thedral.
the importance of the city's maritime voca-
tion. On one of the buttresses of the southern Primitive Wall
tower two measures can be seen, cut into the Only a few fragments re-
main of the first wall gir-
stone, the sole remaining vestiges of the me-
dling the Morro da Sé and
dieval fair, which used to take place in front
these are partly hidden by a
of the Cathedral.
group of houses. The Primi-
tive Wall was probably built
10.30 Medieval tour (walk) passing by: during the Roman Empire
and rebuilt during the 12th
Medieval Tower century.
A tower house dis-
covered during the Santa Clara Church
demolition of the Ca- The construction of the convent
thedral's churchyard of Santa Clara dates from the
during the 1940s. It first half of the 15th century. It
is a reconstruction of underwent several changes in
the original, moved the Modern Age, when the
from its original beautiful Renaissance portal
point by about 15 was built. The church still
metres. Documents maintains its original gothic
report other tower houses inside the primitive structure while its interior is
enclosure (which have since then disappeared). covered with gilt carvings.
Ferdinand Wall:
Guindais section
The second city wall
was started around
1336 and concluded in
1376. It had a length
of 3000 paces and an
average height of 30
feet. The wall had
many doors that were defended by several tow-
ers. The Santa Clara cloth, restored in the 1920s,
clearly depicts the daring of its execution.
Barredo Tower
Number 5, Rua de Baixo
represents the oldest surviv-
ing example of the medieval
civil architecture in the Bar-
redo block. Its construction
dates back to the 13th cen-
tury.
Wall of the Ribeira's
covered sheds
Praça da Ribeira was
formerly separated
from the river Douro by
part of the Ferdinand
Wall, where the main
river gate was located.
The square used to be
surrounded by various
covered sheds of which only one remains, on
the east bank, on the inner façade of the wall.
Coal Wicket
The only surviving
gate of the 14th-
century wall linked
the Estiva quay to
Rua da Fonte Tauri-
na. The steps that led
to the higher part of
the wall can be seen
on the inside. There
used to be an inscription alluding to the moor-
ing of the boats. Today, it is kept in a museum.
11.30 Visit to the Sandeman Porto Cellars Emile David and are now being restored, so as to Comenius
enhance their natural assets and to create room
Project Y.E.S.
for cultural and entertaining activities. The former
Palácio de Cristal ("crystal palace") welcomed the
1865 International Exhibit, and was replaced in
1956 by the existing multi-featured pavilion.

14.30 Walk along the Douro’s rivermouth

The Sandeman Porto Cellars welcome

guests from all over the world and is land-
mark spot for visitors to Porto and the
North of Portugal. Located on the riverbank
of Vila Nova de Gaia, The House of Sande-
man building boasts one of the best views of
Porto, a city declared as World Heritage by
UNESCO. This handsome building is be- 16.00 Shopping Center (shopping and dinner)
Final Meeting
lieved to be the work of the architect Joa-
quim da Costa Lima Sampaio, who also de- 19:30: Concert at Casa da Música, by the
signed the city’s Royal Palace and may have
been built as early as 1797. Sandeman took
possession of this majestic building in 1811.
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Stories about
Oporto
13.00 Lunch: gardens of Palácio de Cristal
Gods, heroes
and mere mor-
tals told
Visit
through the 10/11/2010
music of Calda-
ra, Cavalli, Ros- Schedule
si, Bontempi,
Lully and other
Baroque masters, in a performance conducted by
Christina Pluhar (maestrina from the group L'Ar-
peggiata). European Union Baroque Orchestra ac-
companies singers and dancers in these semi-
staged operas, showing scenes from Ercole
The gardens of Palácio de Cristal, of Quinta Amante written for the wedding of Louis XIV.
da Macieirinha and of Quinta Tait make up
this magnificent park over the Douro slopes. 08.30/9.00 Return
The Palácio Gardens date from late 19th cen-
tury, according to the project of the architect 10.00 Arrival at Castelo de Paiva