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O Comércial. The glittering
9 "'\ highlight is the Arabian
Palácio da Bolsa Room. This galleried salon, Did You Know?
its complex blue and gold
D3 ⌂ Rua Ferreira Borges arabesques inspired by
# Apr–Oct: 9am–6:30pm The françesinha was
daily; Nov–Mar: 9am– Granada’s Alhambra, makes a invented by a local who
12:30pm, 2–5:30pm setting fit for Scheherazade – decided to make his
own version of a
daily ¢ 1 Jan, 25 Dec the heroine of One Thousand croque monsieur.
and One Nights.
EXPERIENCE Porto Where the monastery of São 0 "' q "
∑ palaciodabolsa.pt
Francisco once stood, the
city’s mer chants built the
Igreja de São
stock exchange, or Bolsa,
Museu da Misericórdia
Francisco
in 1842. The Tribunal do
Comércio, where the city’s
mercantile law was upheld, D3 ⌂ Rua do Infante do Porto
D2 ⌂ Rua das Flores 15
Dom Henrique § 222 062
is full of historic interest. 100 # 9am–5:30pm daily # Apr–Sep: 10am–6:50pm
Look out for the Pátio das (to 7pm Mar–Jun & Oct; to daily (to 5pm Oct–Mar)
Nações – the former trading 8pm Jul–Sep) ¢ 25 Dec ∑ mmippo.pt
floor – which is lined with
the flags of all the coun tries The building of this Gothic Santa Casa da Misericórdia
the exchange once traded church was begun in the was once the centre for
with. The stock exchange 1300s, but it is the 18th- Portugal’s most important
was in action until 1990, when century Baroque interior charitable organization,
it merged with the Lisbon that amazes visitors. Over which was founded in 1499.
stock exchange. The adjacent 200 kg (450 lb) of gold Spread over four floors, it is
courtyard (which you can encrusts the dazzling high now a museum that traces
enter without a ticket) has altar, columns and pillars, the fascinating history of the
a very smart restaurant, wrought into cherubs and organization’s philanthropic
gar lands, culminating with work, which included running
the Tree of Jesse on the north hospitals, a medical school and
wall. A tour includes the cata- an orphanage, as well as provi-
combs and treasures from ding legal aid for prisoners.
the church’s monastery, The museum features an
destroyed in 1832. impressive collection of art,
including evocative
portraits of the
organization’s
Palácio da Bolsa, most important
featuring the charitable donors,
gilded Arabian and reli gious
Room (inset) artifacts
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