Porto rooftops and churches

Looking out over the Porto rooftops, punctuated by ecclesiastical buildings which abound in this neighbourhood. 

I'm not completely sure where I took this photo from, but I think the closest tower is on the Igreja de São Lourenço. What I am certain of is the one to the right is the cathedral. Anyway, it was somewhere in the area immediately behind the Ribeira.

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