Auto Palace – Continente Supermarket
- Original Authors:
- Veillard & Touzet
- (1907)
- Interventions:
- MC Sonae by SMC
- (2023)
About the Place
Designed as the country’s first purpose-built car garage, the Auto Palace housed workshops, showrooms, and other services associated with the dawn of modern motoring in the city. Originally comprising a vast, 17-metre-high, steel-framed hall, this ‘cathedral of the automobile’ has been designated a Building of Public Interest. Its distinctive character is evident in the tripartite façade, the curved pediment clad in Art Nouveau tiles, and the stained-glass windows by Cláudio Martins, all of which were preserved in the renovation. The conversion into a supermarket has respected the building’s volume, industrial style and existing decorative elements whilst incorporating a small exhibition space documenting the building’s evolution and reinforcing its significance in the city’s urban and architectural history.
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Rua Alexandre Herculano, 66
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