Belomonte Street in the Historic Center of Porto Visit

Implanted in the historic center of Porto, next to one of the supporting walls of the Sé, the Rua Escura Fountain is one of the main water supply works to the city before the impulse given by the Baroque and the Neo-classic of the Almadas in the borough.
Its construction was made in the seventeenth century, still highlighting a clear classicism in the set.

To delimit the vertical composition, two pilasters with associated characters support the upper horizontal frieze, decorated with typically mannerist flutes and flutes. Superiorly, the fountain ends with a complex crown, higher in the center to house the royal weapon symbols, a later chronology solution that clearly contrasts with the lower mannerist product. Below, in the center, two Atlantean figures support the mouth of the fountain, made up of a small bowl surmounted by a pelican, whose hole in the chest initially provided water.

Picturesque street

This street belongs to the district of Sao Nicolas. The first historical reference that makes this street dates from 1503. It is a fairly central downhill street so the view is very beautiful. It begins in St. Johns time where the Church of the same name and only near the Higher School of Art. In it there are some representative buildings like Belmonte Palace and some curious establishments like old hardware store, a broom factory, etc.

Street History

Belomonte Street appears for the first time in a deed of 1503 , in which thirty sticks were hung from the armorer Álvaro Gonçalves, a character mentioned in Arnaldo Gamas historical novel The Last Lady of Saint Nicholas ( 1864 ) to build five houses there.

Bridges of interest

Belomonte Palace, also known as Casa dos Pacheco Pereira, located at numbers 43 to 55 of the street, is a palatial house from the first half of the 18th century. Presently, one of the nuclei of the Porto School of Art is installed here.

After all is the Clerigos Tower

Typical narrow port street, paved with this decadent and nostalgic air of cities with puerto.Al end of which is the Clerigos Tower.en the middle part of it the Belomonte hotel residence worthy of staying there for the rooms and the care they provide. owners, two charming brothers.Tambien is a restaurant just down the street famous for its cuisine adapted to modern tastes.