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Carlos Bastos - EFA GR

In Portugal, television appeared in 1957 with

RTP.

In April of 1976 RTP (the only broadcast

television) starts its color broadcast.

In the 90’s appears two more television

channels: SIC and TVI.

In the end of the 90’s appears cable TV

Nowadays we have Triple-Play – Television,

Phone and Internet one provider.

It can be one of the methods of learning.

It’s entertaining and relaxing.

It show things that you might not see

otherwise.

It’s the most important source of

information , since people can easily

access to new information.

People can watch movies in their own

houses.

It’s very easy to see inappropriate stuff.

It’s hard to filter information.

Watching TV makes it harder for kids,

teenagers and adults to go out and

exercise.

There are just as much bad material as

good material on TV.

Changes our personality and behavior.

On 13th of July, G.R. class along with other

classes did a walking tour in Oporto

downtown (Ribeira and S. Nicolau) and

they saw a lot of monuments. The

monument that was more relevant was the

S. Nicolau Church, because it is very

beautiful inside and very old

After the creation of the S. Nicolau parish (1853), theexistent small chapel of the invocation of S. Nicolau wasthe place chosen for the headquarters of the parish. Anew church was built on the set to replace the old smallparish and the first stone was blessed in 1671, by thebishop D. Nicolau Monteiro. The construction works thatbegan the following year comprised the creation of a newmain chapel and two sacristies. Its blueprint may belongto one of the three greatest architecture designers of thePorto of the 600s: Father Pantaleão da Rocha deMagalhães, Father Baltasar Guedes or GregórioFernandes. The architect Father Pantaleão da Rocha deMagalhães designed the façade (1675), a project thatwas carried out by the master mason Marcos Gonçalves.In 1675-76, the building was concluded, with D. FernandoCorreia de Lacerda as bishop at the time. With the re-erection of the Igreja de S. Nicolau (S. NicolauChurch), the old Rua da Ourivesaria or dosOurives, where the Sto. Elói Brotherhood used tostand, disappeared, and the image of the patron wastransferred to the church. The main chapel was built inthe place where the Albergaria de Sta. Catarina(Sta.Catarina Inn) is said to have existed, which wasprobably the same place where there used to be aleprosarium before the 13th century. It is also known thatthere used to be a blacksmith’s shop inside this block inthe 14th century. The main chapel of the 17th centurywas completely destroyed in the course of a fire in 1758.This led to the construction of a new one as areplacement, which is the one that we may still admiretoday. It is possible to find in this beautiful area fourimages (S. Nicolau, Sto. Hilário, Sto. Agostinho and Sto.António), placed in brackets. The construction of theseimages was ordered to Lisbon before 1758 and, thanks totheir size and magnificence, they make a significantcontribution to the magnitude of the interior. We willfurther highlight: the magnificent main altarpiece (1760)from José Teixeira Guimarães (one of the best artist ofthe rococo in Porto), according to the sketch of FatherFrei Manuel Jesus Maria; the side altarpieces of Sto. Elói(on the side of the Epistle, and dating from 1762-63) andof Nª. Srª. da Conceição (on the side of the Gospel, anddating from around 1763), performed by the wood carversJosé Teixeira de Guimarães and Francisco PereiraCampanhã.

Source: www.cm-porto.pt

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