Balcony / conservatory - 1872 House - Porto

Now a guest house, the 1872 House on Porto's riverside most likely long predates its current name. Sitting just across the road from the Igreja de São Francisco and next door to McDonald's the coloured glass of this passageway has become quite iconic. There is a door at the end of the structure that was presumably added to give access from street level on Rua do Infante D. Henrique.

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