page_title: Baroque architecture in Portugal
section_title: Northern Portugal
hierarchical_section_title: Baroque architecture in Portugal / Northern Portugal
caption_attribution_description: Casa de Mateus, Vila Real
context_page_description: Baroque architecture in Portugal lasted about two centuries. The reigns of John V and Joseph I had increased imports of gold and diamonds, in a period called Royal Absolutism or Absolute monarchy, which allowed the Portuguese Baroque to flourish.
context_section_description: In the north of Portugal there are numerous Baroque buildings. 
  With more inhabitants and better economic resources, the north, particularly the areas of Porto and Braga, witnessed an architectural renewal, visible in the large list of churches, convents and palaces built by the aristocracy.
  The city of Porto (classified heritage of humanity by UNESCO) is the city of Baroque in Portugal. 
  It is the working area of Nicolau Nasoni, an Italian architect living in Portugal, drawing original buildings with scenographic emplacement as the church and tower of Clérigos, the logia of the Porto Cathedral, the church of Misericórdia, the Palace of São João Novo, the Palace of Freixo, the Episcopal Palace along with many others.
caption: Mateus Palace, one of the best baroque examples in Portugal
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