Livraria Lello é uma das mais interessantes do Mundo - Porto, Portugal
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The Lello Bookshop has been selected by the "Time" as one of the most interesting in the world. The magazine also highlights the historical and artistic value of the Portuguese bookstore and highlights the rumor that JK Rowling was inspired by Lello.
Waymark Code: WMPK56
Location: Porto, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/11/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The Lello Bookshop has been selected by the "Time" as one of the most interesting in the world.

"The Lello Bookshop has been selected by "Time" as one of the most interesting in the world. The magazine also highlights the historical and artistic value of the Portuguese bookstore and highlights the rumor that JK Rowling was inspired by Lello to write the famous literary series "Harry Potter".
  "There are rumors that JK Rowling was inspired by Lello bookshop while writing Harry Potter (and taught English) in Portugal. It did not take long to appreciate the potential of Lello as Muse ", reads the beginning of the article.
"The neo-Gothic façade of this former library hardly suggests the inner opulence: carved wood, gilded columns, ornate ceilings, and stunning red staircase lit by a stained-glass skylight." The presence of known Portuguese writers works is also mentioned by the publication as part of the literary stuff of Lello.
"The century-old library features over 100,000 different titles in several languages, including English translations of Portuguese talents like Fernando Pessoa and José Saramago."
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Translated from: www.tvi24.iol.pt



Livraria Lello e Irmão


"The building where the library is now located was inaugurated in 1906. Special mention goes to its beautiful Art Nouveau façade with neo-Gothic details. On the inside, the library is decorated in painted plaster imitating wood and presents a magnificent staircase linking it to the upper floor - one of the first reinforced concrete works in Porto. Also worthy of attention is the huge stained-glass skylight, bearing the library's monogram and motto: 'Decus in Labore'. In 2008, the English newspaper The Guardian considered this library the world's third most beautiful, as did the Lonely Planet in its guide "Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2011", describing it as an 'Art Nouveau gem', and particularly mentioning its 'neo-Gothic shelves' and the 'lolloping red staircase'."



From the city of Porto official tourism wesite: www.visitporto.travel





Type of publication: Television

When was the article reported?: 01/11/2015

Publication: TVI

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How widespread was the article reported?: national

News Category: Arts/Culture

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