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Porto

Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula. The urban area of Porto, which extends beyond the administrative limits of the city, has a population of 2.4 million in an area of 389 km2 (150 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognised as a gamma+ level global city by the Globalisation and World Cities (GaWC) Study Group, the only Portuguese city besides Lisbon to be recognised as a global city.

Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres.

 

Baroque Porto Portugal 65/365

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Uploaded on March 6, 2018
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