Porto District
Porto
Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde

She Changes

She Changes, known locally as anémona, is a sculpture designed by artist Janet Echelman for the cities of and , Northern Portugal. The installation consists of three steel poles, cables, a 20-ton steel ring and a net structure of varying densities and colors.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture by Janet Echelman
  • Also known as: “Churro”, “Rotunda da Anémona”, and “The Anemone”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include International beach and Fort of São Francisco Xavier.

Beach
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Castle
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , commonly known as the 'Castelo do Queijo', is a fortification situated on the coast of the civil parish of in the northern municipality of . is situated 540 metres south of She Changes.

Public aquarium
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is an aquarium located in , . It opened on 15 June 2009 and is one of the Sea Life Centres in Europe, which are owned by Merlin Entertainments. is situated 530 metres south of She Changes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matosinhos and Nevogilde.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, officially the City of , is a city and a municipality in the district of in . The municipality covers an area of approximately 62.42 square kilometres and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021.

Suburb
Photo: Laszlo Daroczy, CC BY 2.0.
is a former civil parish in the municipality of , Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aldoar, Foz do Douro e . The population in 2011 was 5,018, in an area of 1.84 km2.

Neighborhood
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.
is a neighborhood.

She Changes

Latitude
41.17336° or 41° 10′ 24″ north
Longitude
-8.68878° or 8° 41′ 20″ west
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8CHH58F6+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 665464975
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Geo­Names ID
11887121
Wiki­data ID
Q7491948
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