Porto Cathedral, Sé do Porto, built in the 12th century, with Baroque and 20th-century modifications Oporto is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago. In 20, Oporto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European Destinations Agency. Port wine, one of Portugal's most famous exports, is named after Porto, since the metropolitan area, and in particular the cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia, were responsible for the packaging, transport, and export of fortified wine. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto ("the port" or "the harbor"), which is where its English name "Oporto" comes from. Its combined Celtic- Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire.
The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Oporto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as "Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar". It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of 2,395 km 2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Oporto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,800 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km 2. Porto or Oporto ( Portuguese pronunciation: ( listen)) is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Oporto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas.
Historic Centre of Oporto, Luís I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
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