P457 - Portugal - Carmo Church in Porto

CARMO CHURCH (Igreja do Carmo) in Porto, Portugal

Porto, is Portugal's second city and the capital of Norte region. It is, along with Lisbon, one of Portugal's two global cities. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river, in northern Portugal. Being the largest city in the region, it is considered its economic and cultural heart. With an estimated population of about 220,000 (est.2008), it lies at the centre of the political Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, with a population of slightly more than 1.7 million (est. 2008),and is the main agglomeration of northern Portugal.

The city of Porto comprises 15 civil parishes. The historic centre of Porto was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. One of Portugal's most internationally famous products, Port wine, is named after the city because it is produced in, and shipped from the area or, more precisely, from Vila Nova de Gaia, a city just across the river which belongs to the same conurbation.

Carmo Church Situated close to the Clergymen Tower and Church (Igreja e Torre dos Clérigos), the Igreja do Carmo é remarkable construction, presenting an amazing panel of tiles on an exterior wall, representing scenes describing the foundation of the Carmelite Order.

波尔图（葡萄牙語：Porto，英文：Oporto），是葡萄牙北部一個面向大西洋的港口城市，人口共有263,000人，是葡萄牙第二大城市、波圖省省會及北部大區的行政中心。市內擁有葡萄牙國內著名的足球會波圖與知名建築波多音樂廳。

波爾圖市由十五個堂區組成，北部接壤Matosinhos和Maia自治區，東部與Gondomar接壤，南部為杜羅河，其對岸為加亞新城 (Vila Nova de Gaia),西面為大西洋。

葡萄牙的國名與波酒都源於這城市。其舊城區與周圍產酒區是世界文化遺產。

References sources : portugalvirtual.pt