Comments on: the best of portuguese architecture my top ten – part two

By: Emma Crabtree

Emma Crabtree — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:39:07 +0000

@Emma, yeah, Em, what about Porto and Coimbra, Aveiro, Leiria for that matter? Coimbra’s university, Sé Velha and the baixa area, the Riberia in Porto and the cathedral or the Casa da Musica. Then there’s always the manor houses on the Douro and Tras as Montes. The stripy houses on the coast at Aveiro. Bridges, even, Abril 25 in Lisbon por exemplo. I could go on…

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:26:16 +0000

O Senhor Antonio, não me esqueci Porto, mas minha lista somente tem 10 lugares! Adoro o porto, o bolso, o estadio na parque cristal…vou escrever uma coisa dos interiors de portugal como cafe magestic e o bar commercial (no bolso). Muito obrigada pelo tudo seus recommendacões!

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:06:56 +0000

Hey wow! I’ve seen Elvira’s Bistrot! Tres bien!

By: Antonio M

Antonio M — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:47:34 +0000

Sorry I managed to see “Emma’s house – Part 1″ and as I thought nothing of Oporto shoiws in there. My invitation still stands and I will be only too pleased to tour you around.

Sincerely,

Antonio M.

By: Antonio M

Antonio M — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:43:01 +0000

I am very sorry I have not seen “Emma’s house – Part 1″ but as far as I could see you ignore Oporto’s architecture. In fact it was quite relevant at the begining of 20th century, though it did not have a full Architecture University, but a Escola de Belas Artes, ministering a course of architecture. From those times are: re-arranging of S.Bento station, Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Rua Sto.Antonio), Livraria Lello,Hotel Infante de Sagres (these last two in Art Nouveau style),Coliseu do Porto, Casa de Serralves, Edificio Palladium, Café Majestic. Many of these buildings were of the trace of Marques da Silva, the leading architect of Oporto in those years. Oporto,even more than Lisbon, perhaps because it is older and (thank God) we did not have a destroying earthquake, keeps buildings, in its older part, dating from 11th century till actuality. If one day you will be coming here I will be more than happy to show you around.Oporto even has a little bit of the town which is not even portuguese; it is British under a permanent grant of Queen Mary I of Portugal and, at least till 1974, if you managed to enter the building in that piece of land you could only be tried by the British Law,not the Portuguese.
Yours sincerely,
António M.

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By: Elvira

Elvira — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:48:39 +0000

Congratulations! Your blog is so beautiful!

I am happy to see that you love my country. I am from Ribatejo (I was born in Tomar) but I am now living in Azores (Terceira island).

I am the author of two blogs. Tasca da Elvira, in French, and Elvira’s Bistrot, in Portuguese (http://elvirabistrot.blogspot.com).

Warm regards from the Azores.