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Capela das Almas

A small chapel whose walls are completely covered in blue-and-white tiles showing the lives of saints.

Photo: John Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
15 minutes
Address
Rua de Santa Catarina 428, 4000-124 PortoDirections
Getting There
Bolhão station (Metro).

Why Go

Some 15,000 tiles, added in 1929, cover the outside of the chapel on the busy shopping street of Santa Catarina.

It's one of the most photographed corners of the city.

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