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With around 250,000 inhabitants, Porto is the largest city in the north of Portugal. More than 1.7 million people live in the "Greater Porto area", the metropolitan region. The historic centre of Porto was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Port wine is named after Porto because the wineries of Vila Nova de Gaia on the south bank of the Douro River are the centres for packaging, transporting and exporting the fortified wine. I have uploaded many photos from previous visits. So I will limit myself and only upload a few. The Livraria Lello (Lello bookshop) is one of the most beautiful bookshops in Europe and the world. The Livraria Chardron bookshop was opened here in 1869. In 1894, José Pinto de Sousa Lello bought the building. Together with his brother António Lello, he founded the bookshop and publishing house Lello & Irmão. The bookshop opened in 1906. The bookshop was extensively renovated in 1995. It has been a listed building since 2013. In 2008, the British newspaper The Guardian voted the most beautiful bookshops in the world, awarding the Lello bookshop third place. The Art Nouveau building with its neo-Gothic façade was designed and built by Xavier Esteves.