Places
Ivo Tavares
Regular Visits
ACCESS ONLY TO PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 12 YEARS OLD. Mandatory identification of the visitor (name+identification card). The entry with lighters or equivalent objects is forbidden. Required the activation of airplane mode on mobile phones. Should be avoided the entrance with high-volume backpacks and bags. Mandatory use of individual protection helmets, that will be provided by the organization.
Tours
Sat 10h and 12h, Engineer Miguel Tomé / Sun 11h, Architect Inês Moreira
Maximum 18 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
In the Matosinhos skyline it is easily identified a volume formed by about 40 silos with more than 60 meters of height that stands out in the landscape of the Leixões Port. These monumental structures, already 40 years old, are a representative element of the port and industry culture that characterizes the region’s landscape and that is profoundly rooted in the seaside urban scenery. To visit its interior is a unique experience, close to a scale of religious representation – like basilicas – due to the interior nave with a roof indented by cellular and intercellular voids and the filtered natural light.
Location
Lugar de Gonçalves
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP - 601 / Maré - 104, 105, 111, 116, 118, 120