# Palácio de São João Novo

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Palácio de São João Novo is a baroque palace in Porto, marked by a decorative façade and balanced proportions. Those features reflect northern Portugal’s baroque style. Architectural studies place the building among Porto’s houses and palaces documented from the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries.

It housed Porto’s Museum of Ethnology from 1945 to 1992. Its collections included tools, textiles and objects used during traditional festivities, linking the palace with regional daily life. Museu do Porto later gave it cultural uses. Exhibitions, educational activities and Um Objeto e Seus Discursos connected the building with Porto’s history. Fernando Lanhas served as its last museum director.

An architect and artist, he helped shape the museum’s direction, while specialists discussed his connection with the palace. Another view comes through Teófilo Rego’s photographs. They document Porto’s houses and palaces in the mid-twentieth century, placing this façade within the city’s visual record.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_PalciodeSoJooNovo_6931559cb3c809ad6d422c96_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palácio_de_São_João_Novo_01.jpg)

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