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Café Majestic is an historic café, located at Rua de Santa Catarina, in Porto, Portugal.

The building is from the Art Nouveau period, reminiscent of Parisian cafés at the time.

History

The cafe originally opened in 1922. It was designed to look like a Parisian cafe in the Art Nouveau style by the architect José Pinto de Oliveira. It was originally an exclusive and upmarket cafe that acted as a place for the elitist members of society to meet.

Present day

The café went through decades of decline, until it was considered a building of national historical interest in 1983. After major restoration works, it reopened in July 1994 in the original Belle Époque style. Since the 1980s it has become iconic in Porto and is a popular destination in the city.

References

1. Café Majestic
2. "Café Majestic é o sexto mais bonito do mundo". Jornal de Notícias. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
3. "Most BEAUTIFUL CAFES in the World". U City Guides.
4. "Majestic Cafe". Traveller's Elixir. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
5. "DGPC | Pesquisa Geral". www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
6. "Review: Finding the routes of Harry Potter in Porto". East Anglian Daily Times. 1 November 2015.
7. Chris Moss, Destination expert (15 September 2018). "The 50 greatest cafés on Earth". The Telegraph.
8. Coelho, Sara Otto. "Câmara do Porto quer proteger, pelo menos, 37 lojas históricas". Observador.

Bibliography

• Café Majestic. Porto: Ed. Quiosque.org, 2006.
• Porto de Encontro n.º 34, special edition 2001, Porto municipality

External links

• Official website
• Recipe
• Café Majestic, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural
• Visiting Majestic Cafe Guide

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• Coffeehouses and cafés
• Buildings and structures in Porto
• Art Nouveau architecture in Portugal
• Restaurants in Portugal