Leça da Palmeira in Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
Marginal de Leça da Palmeira
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The Leça da Palmeira Waterfront
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Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
1. Marginal de Leça da Palmeira / The Leça da Palmeira Waterfront Marker
Marginal de Leça da Palmeira
A Avenida Marginal de Leça e o arranjo paisagistico envolvente resultam de um projeto de 2005 da autoria de Álvaro Siza Vieira, o mais conceituado e premiado arquiteto contemporáneo português. Natural de Matosinhos e com duas outras obras emblemáticas ao longo desta avenida (a Piscina das Marés, 1966, e a Casa de Chá da Boa Nova, 1963), Siza Vieira procurou nesta intervenção valorizar os percursos pedonais e rodoviários, sem alterar as caracteristicas naturais e paisagisticas, integrando simultaneamente e de um modo totalmente discreto a infraestrutura petrolifera que liga o Porto de Leixões à refinaria.
The Leça da Palmeira Waterfront Avenue and its landscaping are part of a 2005 Álvaro Siza Vieira project, the most famous Portuguese architect (Pritzker, 1992). Siza was born in Matosinhos and built to more iconic works along this avenue, namely the Tidal Pool (1966) and the Boa Nova Tea House (1963). In this intervention, Siza tried to improve the pedestrian and motorized routes, keeping the natural and landscape features of the area and very subtly integrating the infra-structure linking the Port of Leixões do the refinery.
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Location. 41° 12.043′ N, 8° 42.735′ W. Marker is in Leça da Palmeira, Porto, in Matosinhos. It can be reached from Avenida Liberdade. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Leça da Palmeira, Porto 4450, Portugal. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in the European Union, in Atlantic Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, in the Schengen Area, and in the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, Portuguese colonies, and the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Farol da Boa Nova / The Boa Nova Lighthouse (here, next to this marker); Monumento a António Nobre / Monument Dedicated to António Nobre (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); A origem da Vieira de Santiago / The Origin of the Scallop Shell of Santiago (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Naufrágio de Veronese / Shipwreck of Veronese
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
2. Marginal de Leça da Palmeira / The Leça da Palmeira Waterfront Marker - wide view
Of the two markers visible here, the subject marker is the one on the right.
More about this marker. The marker is on the paved path between Avenida Libertad and the ocean, just a few steps south of the lighthouse.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
3. Leça da Palmeira Waterfront - looking south from the marker
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 2, 2023
4. Leça da Palmeira Waterfront - looking north from the marker
Photographed by Zeleza Photo, Porto, circa 1955
5. Praia de Leça da Palmeira
This postcard is from the same photo as the image on the marker, albeit uncropped and with better resolution.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 4, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 346 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 4, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
