Porto City Hall

Porto, Portugal

Porto City Hall with a monumental tower is one of Porto’s landmarks. Even though the construction started in 1920, it was not finished until 1957. The building consists of six floors. The clock tower, 70 meters high, is accessible by a staircase of 180 steps. The interior, made of marble and granite, is richly decorated.

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Praça General Humberto Delgado 309, Porto, Portugal
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Founded: 1920-1957
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Portugal

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4.2/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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Cristian (20 months ago)
Really nice building
Mindaugas (22 months ago)
Big and beautiful work of architecture
Russ Lacuata (2 years ago)
Porto City Hall is one of Porto's landmark. Located at the top of Aliados Avenue at the heart of downtown Porto. Impressive granite building with clock tower.
Manson Banson (2 years ago)
Beautiful building. You can go inside for free and have a look at the entrance.
Sayble Travel's (3 years ago)
I loved the history of this building. The fact that they built a bigger building of the same shape of the church because the Bishop didn't wan't to demolish the church behind this building for a 5km long esplanade like in Paris is quite funny.
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