Vila Nova de Gaia
Portus Cale was an ancient town and port in present-day northern Portugal, in the area of today's Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. The name of the town eventually influenced the name of the subsequent country of Portugal, from the 9th century onwards.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 70,800 residents
- Description: ancient town and port in current-day northern Portugal
- Also known as: “Cale”, “Gaia”, and “Portus Cale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of São Francisco and Palácio da Bolsa.
Church of São Francisco
Museum
Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Saint Francis is the most prominent Gothic monument in Porto, Portugal, being also noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration. It is located in the historic centre of the city, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Palácio da Bolsa
Museum
Photo: Manuel de Sousa, Public domain.
The Stock Exchange Palace is a historical building in Porto, Portugal. The palace was built in the 19th century by the city's Commercial Association in Neoclassical style.
Dom Luís I Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Luiz I Bridge, commonly known as Dom Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porto and Mafamude.
Porto
Porto is Portugal's second largest city and the capital of the Northern region, and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the Porto metropolitan area has some 1.8 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim and Espinho.
Mafamude
Suburb
Photo: Jonik, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mafamude is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Mafamude e Vilar do Paraíso.
Santa Marinha
Suburb
Santa Marinha is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Santa Marinha e São Pedro da Afurada. The population in 2011 was 30,146, in an area of 6.91 km².
Vila Nova de Gaia
- Category: Roman city
- Location: Mafamude e Vilar do Paraíso, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Turkish—“Vila Nova de Gaia” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Portus Cale”
- Basque: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Cebuano: “Vila Nova de Gaia (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Czech: “Portus Cale”
- Dutch: “Portus Cale”
- Dutch: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Esperanto: “Portus Cale”
- Estonian: “Portus Cale”
- Finnish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- French: “Portus Cale”
- French: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Galician: “Portus Cale”
- German: “Portus Cale”
- German: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Greek: “Βίλα Νόβα ντε Γκάια”
- Icelandic: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Indonesian: “Portus Cale”
- Italian: “Porto di Cale”
- Italian: “Portucale”
- Italian: “Portus Cale”
- Italian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Japanese: “ポルトゥ・カーレ”
- Polish: “Portus Cale”
- Polish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Portuguese: “Cale”
- Portuguese: “Portus Cale”
- Portuguese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Romanian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Russian: “Вила-Нова-де-Гайя”
- Spanish: “Cale”
- Spanish: “Portus Cale”
- Spanish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
- Turkish: “Portus Cale Kontluğu”
- Turkish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
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Notable Places Nearby
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