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Free entry so pop in. Grim prison. Huge iron barred gates inside central yard. The large cells are now exhibition halls of photography and must have borne witness to unimaginable horrors. Top floor ( great views of Porto) has any amount of ancient and not so ancient photography…
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We were relaxing in the paved square outside this building, admiring it, drawn to it by its yellow upper sections, and at the time didn't know what it was. A quick internet check on my phone revealed that it once was a prison. We decided to go in and take a look. This was an…
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Ms. Khalo was not only an artist but she was a photographer, too. The Portuguese Center of Photography is hosting a show of her work that runs from July 6 to November 4, 2018. Her show is called "Frida Kahlo - Her Photos." Since 1997, the former prison had been given this new…
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I was hoping to see more of the old prison but unfortunately the upstairs is currently closed for renovation. Anyway the ground floor could be explored for free although its principal service is now for photographic exhibitions.
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The "Antiga Cadeia da Relação" functioned previously as a prison for men and women and later on was split to accomodate a Court of Law. Nowadays it functions as the "Centro Português de Fotografia" (Portuguese Photography Centre) and displays various photography exhibitions and…
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