Oporto, Portugal

The Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar (not appearing in this photo), built along the hills overlooking the mouth of the Douro River in northern Portugal, is an outstanding urban landscape with a 2,000-year history. The Romans gave it the name Portus, or port, in the 1st century BC. Archaeological excavations have revealed human occupation at the mouth of the Douro River since the 8th century BC, when there was a Phoenician trading settlement there. By the 5th century the town had become a very important administrative and trading centre. The Historic Centre of Oporto is located within the line of these Fernandine walls (named after Dom Fernando, in whose reign they were completed in 1376), together with some smaller areas that retain their medieval characteristics. This area conserves to a large extent Oporto’s medieval town plan and urban fabric, along with some later monumental insertions as well as the two remaining sections of the Fernandine walls. In this photo a traditional touristic boat the "Rabelo", previously used to transport the wine barrels from the northern Douro region, it's only a touristic boat nowadays.
Besides Oporto has been chosen the best European destination for more than one year, it's a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996 - Portugal
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