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EXPERIENCE Porto

14 hermits on Mount Carmel, Igreja do Carmo, noted
for the white-and-blue
in Israel. Insider, there are
Igreja do Carmo seven lavish gilt altars, the azulejos on its exterior
and Carmelitas work of sculptor Francisco
Pereira Campanha, as well as
 D1 ⌂ Rua do Carmo
§ 222 078 400 # 8am– a number of fine oil paintings. serious offenders were in grim
noon, 1–6pm Mon, Wed, Joined by a very narrow dungeons while “respectable”
prisoners were allowed
house, the older Igreja das
9am–6pm Tue, Thu, 9am–
5:30pm Fri, 9am–4pm Sat, Carmelitas next door (meant spacious cells on the top floor.
9am–1:30pm Sun for Carmelite nuns) was com- The former cells and
pleted in 1628 in a combination communal spaces are now
Igreja do Carmo, a typically of Classical and Baroque styles. used as evocative backdrops
ornate example of Portu guese It is now part of a barracks. for temporary photographic
Baroque, was designed by the exhibitions. There is also a
architect José Figueiredo display of historic cameras
Seixas. The church was 15 and photographic equipment
constructed between 1750 on the top floor.
and 1768, and one of its most Centro Portuguese
remarkable features is the da Fotografia
monumental white-and-blue  D2 ⌂ Largo Amor de
azulejo panel that covers one Perdição # 10am–6pm
of the outside walls. This was Tue–Fri, 3–7pm Sat, Sun
created by Silvestro Silvestri & public hols ∑ cpf.pt
and depicts the legendary
founding of the Carmelite This museum is one of Porto’s
order as a community of most intriguing spaces. As well
as displaying photography
and temporary exhibitions, it
PICTURE PERFECT also gives visitors a fascinating
Stairway Shot insight into the building’s
Walk down the very former incarnation as the
steep steps of Escada city’s tribunal and prison.
dos Guindais, alongside The prison opened in 1767
the Funicular dos and was so large that it had its
Guindais, to snap the own hospital and residences
Ponte de Dom Luís I for its guards. Prisoners
and Vila Nova de Gaia. were put on different floors
depending on their crimes:
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