Fonte dos Leões
The Leões Fountain, from 1878, is at the Praça Gomes Teixeira centre. This fountain, made in cast iron, was created in 1877 by the Compagnie Générale des Eaux pour L'Etranger. This company was responsible of the water in the city. The fountain has three overlapped cups and four winged lions where the water flows from.
Contacts
Praça de Gomes Teixeira, 10
4050-526,Porto
- Difficult external parking
- Fountains, Springs & Aqueducts
- True
Characteristics
Monuments near Fonte dos Leões
Cadeia e Tribunal da Relação do Porto / Centro Português de Fotografia
Contemporaneous of the emblematic and neighbour Clérigos Tower, this building of the XVIII century was, for many years, a prison. On its dungeons were men like…
Capela de Nossa Senhora da Silva
This chapel exists since the XV century and, at the façade, a curious XVIII century niche stands out, with the images of Nossa Senhora da Silva, São João Bapti…
Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória
XVII century temple, built at the place where a former synagogue used to be. At the inside you may admire chromium plated panels and golden wood carving works.
Livraria Lello
Built in neo-Gothic style, the Bookshop has a magnificent façade, formed by a wide depressed arch, whose entrance is divided into a central door, flanked by tw…
Universidade do Porto
This building was first the Real Academia da Marinha do Comércio, (Navy and Commerce Royal Academy), then the Academia Politécnica (Polytechnic Academy) that l…
