Industry | Hospitality, restaurants |
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Founded | 1921 |
Headquarters | Porto , Portugal |
Café Majestic is an historic café, [1] located at Rua de Santa Catarina, in Porto, Portugal.
The building is from the Art Nouveau period, reminiscent of Parisian cafés at the time. [2] [3]
The cafe originally opened in 1921. [4] 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.
The café went through decades of decline, until it was considered a building of national historical interest in 1983. [5] 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. [6] [7] [8]