Rua da Armenia, Porto

Rua da Arménia is a narrow, historic, and cinematic cobblestone street in the Miragaia area of Porto. It is located in the historic centre, running towards the Douro river, near the Church of Saint Peter (Igreja São Pedro de Miragaia).

The street was named “Armenian” (Rua Arménia) to honour Armenian Christians who settled there in 1453 after arriving with the relics of St Pantaleon from Constantinople. Devotion to St Pantaleon, a doctor martyred in the ancient Greek city of Nicomedia in 303 AD, began in Porto through the influence of those Armenian immigrants.

Group: Urban Toponym

Type: Street

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Geography: Porto, Portugal

Latitude: 41.142241206091, Longitude: -8.618891597189592

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Contributed by: Armenian Heritage