Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, 30 km from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho a
Panorama of Póvoa de Varzim
The first granite buildings appeared in the 5th century BC.
Poveiro boats in the Port of Póvoa de Varzim; the dispute between the fief's overlords and the Portuguese kings led to the establishment of the municipality in 1308.
Mid-19th century skyline as seen from Ribeira shipyard, located in the port of Póvoa de Varzim.
Póvoa de Varzim, in Portugal is an ethno-cultural entity stemming from its working classes and with influences arriving from the maritime route from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. The most chari
An old picture of an Ala-arriba.
Painting A Volta dos Barcos (1891) with several identity elements such as Poveiro boats, women's clothing and boy with a Catalim cap.
Portuguese azulejo with Povoan boats and siglas poveiras marks.
Representation of a Povoan fishermen in an 1868 magazine.