Parque das Virtudes
Terraced hillside garden with a centuries-old fountain and Portugal's tallest ginkgo tree, overlooking the Douro.
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This guide to Parque das Virtudes in Porto begins before the garden existed, when this hillside above the Douro served as a burial ground for Jews forced to convert or leave in 1496. It follows the story forward to 1619, when a nobleman commissioned a fountain here that locals came to believe could heal, giving the spot its name. Look for the centuries-old fountain lower on the slope, still fed by the same stream.
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