Porto’s Lello: Stairway to Heaven

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Full Article here: See more at https://gulfnews.com/videos  Considered one of the most beautiful and emblematic bookshops in the world, Lello was founded by two intellectual brothers of Porto’s bourgeoisie, Jose and Antanio Lello, way back in 1906. But its charming building, including its Neo-Gothic façade, legendary wooden staircase, stained glass skylight and built-in cart on rails remains unchanged to date.

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00:28Welcome to the most beautiful bookshop in the world. Let's go inside.

00:33More than 3,000 people every day. So, one million people every year.

00:41A little bit more than one million.

00:42This building was constructed by our engineer, Francisco Xavier, and it's from 1906.

00:50So, it has 113 years old, the building. And it has a little bit of, you know, gothic style, Art Nouveau.

00:59And it's, you can see it's very beautiful, the building.

01:04One thing that pops up, it's our ceiling. It seems like to be carved wood, but it's made of plaster.

01:12Painted plaster that repaints the wood.

01:16On the first floor we have an installation made by a sculptor, a Portuguese sculptor.

01:22And it's to celebrate the city of Porto. So, there's anonymous people that live here in Porto,

01:29and also personalities, famous people from here that live here. It's to celebrate the city.

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