Casa do infante - Porto, PT - Bygone Toll Houses on Waymarking.com

"The Casa do Infante is a museum in Porto that is part of the City Museum group.
The building that welcomes you, known as Alfândega Velha, was built in 1325, and is one of the oldest in Porto. During its history, it functioned as a stay during royal visits and also as a customs office when King Afonso IV began to fear that the crown was losing some of the many riches that began to arrive from the first maritime explorations. During the archaeological excavations carried out in the 1990s to prepare it as a museum, traces of medieval and Roman occupation were discovered."

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"References to the Casas da Alfândega (customshouses) in the next two years, suggest that it had already been completed and in use."

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/02/2022 Ariberna visited it