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Rua de Santa Catarina is a street located in the parishes of Santo Ildefonso and Bonfim in the city of Porto, in Portugal. It is the most commercial artery in downtown Porto, with a large part of it now closed to car traffic and reserved for pedestrians only.

Origem do nome

The street got its name from the Capela das Almas, from the invocation of Catherine of Alexandria.

History

In 1662 there was a farm in Fradelos where there was a chapel invoking Catherine of Alexandria connected by a path to Porta de Cima in Vila da Muralha Fernandina. In 1748, in a Misericórdia document, this path was already identified as Rua Nova de Santa Catarina, with its alignment corrected in 1771.

On the initiative of João de Almada e Melo in 1784, the street was extended to Alameda da Aguardente, today Praça do Marquês de Pombal. This extension was named Rua Bela da Princesa.

Much of the land to the west of the street, namely where the Grande Hotel do Porto was later built, in the first half of the 19th century were farms and farmland belonging to the great businesswoman D. Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, the Ferreirinha of Port wine.

In 1896, Aurélio Paz dos Reis made what is considered the first film of Portuguese cinema, the Exit of Workers' Personnel from Fábrica Confiança, on this street.

Rua de Santa Catarina is now home to clothing stores, small items, shoe stores, the Via Catarina shopping center and numerous street vendors, both legal and legal. The first Zara store outside Spain opened on this street in 1988.

Points of interest

• Art Nouveau facades of Livraria Latina and the former Ourivesaria Reis & Filhos, located at the entrance to the street coming from Praça da Batalha, on the right and left, respectively.

• Galerias Palladium, at the intersection with Rua de Passos Manuel, designed by architect Marques da Silva, built in 1914 for Armazéns Nascimento, today houses several commercial establishments such as Fnac and C&A.

• Café Majestic, opened in 1921 and today recognized as "of public interest", was the meeting place for the finest of Porto's intellectuals, namely Leonardo Coimbra and his disciples, and is today one of the main tourist attractions on the street. Empire Tea Room, very close to Majestic, another historic establishment that opened its doors in 1944.

• Grande Hotel do Porto, opened in 1880, is one of the most prestigious hotels in the city. Eça de Queirós was a frequent guest at this hotel and Teresa Cristina, the last empress of Brazil, died here in 1889. Prime Minister Afonso Costa was also imprisoned there in December 1917, during the coup d'état by Sidónio Pais.

• Via Catarina, shopping center of the Sonae group, opened in 1996 after one of the biggest urban interventions in the area, preserving the facade of the former headquarters of the Porto newspaper O Primeiro de Janeiro.

• Chapel of Santa Catarina or das Almas, on the corner of Rua de Fernandes Tomás, built at the beginning of the 18th century.

Men of Letters

Rua de Santa Catarina, with its narrow mansions with blue, green and red tiled facades, saw the birth and death of some illustrious Portuguese writers and poets:

• At no. 206, the writer Arnaldo Gama was born in 1828.

• At number 469, the poet António Nobre was born in 1867.

• Camilo Castelo Branco lived on the 2nd floor of no. 630 (which, at the time, was no. 458) and celebrated his wedding there with Ana Plácido on March 9, 1888.

• No. 1018 lived the poet Guerra Junqueiro (1850-1923) during long periods at the end of his life.

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Versão portuguesa aqui.

GPS 41.153511438857116, -8.604749197452575

Rua de Santa Catarina is a street located in the parishes of Santo Ildefonso and Bonfim in the city of Porto, in Portugal. It is the most commercial artery in downtown Porto, with a large part of it now closed to car traffic and reserved for pedestrians only.

Origem do nome

The street got its name from the Capela das Almas, from the invocation of Catherine of Alexandria.

History

In 1662 there was a farm in Fradelos where there was a chapel invoking Catherine of Alexandria connected by a path to Porta de Cima in Vila da Muralha Fernandina. In 1748, in a Misericórdia document, this path was already identified as Rua Nova de Santa Catarina, with its alignment corrected in 1771.

On the initiative of João de Almada e Melo in 1784, the street was extended to Alameda da Aguardente, today Praça do Marquês de Pombal. This extension was named Rua Bela da Princesa.

Much of the land to the west of the street, namely where the Grande Hotel do Porto was later built, in the first half of the 19th century were farms and farmland belonging to the great businesswoman D. Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, the Ferreirinha of Port wine.

In 1896, Aurélio Paz dos Reis made what is considered the first film of Portuguese cinema, the Exit of Workers' Personnel from Fábrica Confiança, on this street.

Rua de Santa Catarina is now home to clothing stores, small items, shoe stores, the Via Catarina shopping center and numerous street vendors, both legal and legal. The first Zara store outside Spain opened on this street in 1988.

Points of interest

• Art Nouveau facades of Livraria Latina and the former Ourivesaria Reis & Filhos, located at the entrance to the street coming from Praça da Batalha, on the right and left, respectively.

• Galerias Palladium, at the intersection with Rua de Passos Manuel, designed by architect Marques da Silva, built in 1914 for Armazéns Nascimento, today houses several commercial establishments such as Fnac and C&A.

• Café Majestic, opened in 1921 and today recognized as "of public interest", was the meeting place for the finest of Porto's intellectuals, namely Leonardo Coimbra and his disciples, and is today one of the main tourist attractions on the street. Empire Tea Room, very close to Majestic, another historic establishment that opened its doors in 1944.

• Grande Hotel do Porto, opened in 1880, is one of the most prestigious hotels in the city. Eça de Queirós was a frequent guest at this hotel and Teresa Cristina, the last empress of Brazil, died here in 1889. Prime Minister Afonso Costa was also imprisoned there in December 1917, during the coup d'état by Sidónio Pais.

• Via Catarina, shopping center of the Sonae group, opened in 1996 after one of the biggest urban interventions in the area, preserving the facade of the former headquarters of the Porto newspaper O Primeiro de Janeiro.

• Chapel of Santa Catarina or das Almas, on the corner of Rua de Fernandes Tomás, built at the beginning of the 18th century.

Men of Letters

Rua de Santa Catarina, with its narrow mansions with blue, green and red tiled facades, saw the birth and death of some illustrious Portuguese writers and poets:

• At no. 206, the writer Arnaldo Gama was born in 1828.

• At number 469, the poet António Nobre was born in 1867.

• Camilo Castelo Branco lived on the 2nd floor of no. 630 (which, at the time, was no. 458) and celebrated his wedding there with Ana Plácido on March 9, 1888.

• No. 1018 lived the poet Guerra Junqueiro (1850-1923) during long periods at the end of his life.

Full list of Geochaching below:

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*Released*✅ *Reviewed*✅ Approved✅

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