O Porto visto pelo Doutor João de Barros em meados do século XVI

Abstract

In the middle of the 16thcentury, Doutor João de Barros wrote Geographia d'Entre Douro e Minho e Tras-os-Montes,a book that represented an important geographic and chorographic account of those regions, with interesting details that include not only urban and architectural descriptions, but also elements related to economic activities, social relationships, devotions,and legends, among many others. The city of Porto stands out for the detailed descriptionin this book, recently republished. The analysis ofother contemporarysources and recent historiographic studies will enlighten us about the historical rigor of this 16thcentury account