Porto Modernist Architecture Half Day Private Tour

The Tour starts in the best way with an external visit to the recently renovated and beautiful building of Cinema Batalha, one of the best examples of Portuguese Modernist architecture in the heart of the city. It is a work by the architects Artur Andrade and Sérgio Fernandez, inaugurated in 1946, which had a social and cultural impact due to the expressionism of its modernist lines.

Coliseu Porto Ageas

It is one of the most emblematic buildings in Porto, very frequented and cherished by the population of Porto as it is, until today, its largest show and concert hall, with a capacity for around 2000 people, where over the decades great names in national and international music have performed. International. Located on a street with a steep slope, this beautiful and imposing building, which extends over a block, was inaugurated in 1940 and has since made the city more cosmopolitan. It has a modernist architecture with an international style, namely "De Stijl", which stood out in central Europe during the period of the "Modern Movement", and was designed by three Portuguese architects, among which the name of Cassiano Branco stands out. , as an important Portuguese architect and urban planner of the last century.

External visit to the Garagem Passos Manuel building, which is located opposite the Oporto Coliseum and is a project by the Portuguese architect Mário Abreu, inaugurated in 1939. It has an "Art Deco" layout, has 4 floors and stands out for the map of Portugal in neon where the circulation routes that connected the North to the South of the country at that time are drawn. Physical and material symbol of the fruit of the industrialization of large cities at the beginning of the 20th century. XX, here parked cars heading to downtown Porto in the 40s.