The Port of Leixões (Portuguese: Porto de Leixões, pronounced [lɐjˈʃõjʃ]) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as Leixões, is Matosinhos' sports club.
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The Port of Leixões is the largest port infrastructure in the Northern Region of Portugal and one of the most important in the Country.
History
editThe Port of Leixões was built at the end of the 19th century and successively extended and improved to the present day.
Tourism
edit- A Anemona - beautiful and imposing sculpture designed by the American artist Janet Echelman. Located near the main beach of Porto (Matosinhos)
- Azulejo tiles in the station at Porto[1]
- Funicular dos Guindais - A Funicular railway in porto to the old town
References
edit- ^ "What is there to do in Leixoes, Portugal?". Cruise Critic Community. 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Leixões". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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