The Savoy Hotel was built in 1912.
Over time the unit has been growing and increasing the number of rooms.
In the 20s boasted 4 stars and at the end of the 60 would change to 5 stars with the arrival of charter flights from Europe.
In the 70 undergoes a major transformation and has nothing to do with the original, whose architecture was-overlapping. Now has 13 floors and 337 rooms. It's a classic hotel.
In 2009 began to be demolished to make way for a new hotel would be built from scratch with 16 floors and 500 rooms.
The death of one of two partners, coupled with the adverse economic climate has made the work already undertaken stay as seen on the picture for some years now.
The Mercado dos Lavradores (farmers market, with a project by Edmundo Tavares (1892-1983, was inaugurated on November 24 194.
Testimony of the "Estado Novo" architecture, reflects the grandeur of its conception, the intention of making it big in the city center provider.
In its space organized into small "squares", "Wide", "Streets" and "Stairway" sell themselves products of all kinds, blend colors, sounds, smells and different people.
Canon IXUS 240 HS
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