A Pérola do Bolhão

This is a grocery, not a church. It has traded here since 1917 behind an Art Nouveau tiled front that was designed to draw customers in from the street. The tiles refer to the spice trade the shop's business was built on, and the ceramic panel is credited to the Fábrica de Cerâmica do Carvalhinho.

Street address

Rua Formosa 279, 4000-252 Porto

Category: Culture & History

Tags: azulejos, art nouveau, shopfront, 1917

Coordinates: 41.1483772, -8.6066751

Part of Porto's buildings faced in azulejos

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