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It was the year 1820, on 24th August, precisely 200 years ago today that one of the most significant announcements of Portugal echoed in Porto: "PEOPLE OF PORTO! Let's redeem those captives in Lisbon!" This marked the beginning of the Liberal Revolution that would set in motion the establishment of a constitutional regime in Portugal. The Portuguese Court and King D. João VI returned from Brazil and that was the end of the absolute monarchy, thus paving the way for the first Constitution,...

The Palácio de Cristal landscape hosted the "Noites do Palácio" initiative every Friday and Saturday, from 31st July to 22nd August. The last performance of this initiative took Rui Veloso to the stage on 22nd August. The long established musician from Porto has come indoors, in the gardens of Palácio de Cristal, and shared a feeling of collective pleasure. We share some of those moments with you.

Campo 24 de Agosto was once designated Campo de Mijavelhas and that place name was altered as a tribute to the Liberal Revolution of 1820, by the City Council, stipulated by public notice on 1st August 1860, and published by the Civil Government, to honour the Liberal Revolution of 1820.

Take your mask, set your route - downtown or in the banks of the river Douro - and prepare for wellness at its best. Every weekend, there is a route with two timetables at disposal. This initiative goes on till October next.

Porto Book Fair is back to the Gardens of Palácio de Cristal, from 28th August to 13th September. This year, the motto is "Alegria para o fim do mundo" ["Joy to the End of the World", free translation], transliterated from the work by Andreia C. Faria. The programming will focus mainly on the valorisation of the Portuguese language and poets, writers and artists, especially those working in Porto or who are based in the Invicta.

The UP- Centro de Competências em Envelhecimento Ativo e Saudável, aka Porto4Ageing, jointly with the Santa Misericórdia do Porto, promotes digital inclusion in older adults through face-to-face training in the framework of the European project ICTskills4All. The goals are as simple: learning basic digital skills for basic tasks, such as sending an email or navigating the internet.

Joyful and outdoor activities have taken to the streets in Porto for about a month now, and this next Sunday residents and visitors to the Invicta are invited to regain public space. Between 9am and 7pm, expect rainbows and sunbeams to enliven your day because these entertainers, scattered all over three temporary pedestrian areas in town, are in the business of making you enjoy the most of your Sunday.

Bioprospectum, a company incubated in UPTEC, the Science and Technology Park in Porto and a spin-off of the Health Research and Innovation Institute in Porto (i3S), has identified two substances with a capacity for antiviral activity that can neutralize structural parts of the SARS-CoV2, by means of computational Chemistry.

Today is the day that SEA LIFE Porto and molecular biologist, Andreas Noe, aka "TheTrashTraveler" join together to the beach-cleaning event organised under the initiative "The Plastic Hike". Rendezvous is set at Castelo do Queijo, at 6.30pm. Volunteers to the mission, who will be wearing a vest provided by SEA LIFE Porto, will comply with all the health preventive measures in place, issued by DGS, namely keeping social distancing.

When temperatures rise and the weekend looks promising, what better place to go to in the evening than the "Noites do Palácio" event, in the Gardens of the Palácio de Cristal, in Porto? Blind Zero and Rui Veloso take to the stage, on 21st and 22nd August, respectively, at 9pm.