Cedofeita is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 parish, located in the municipality of Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

. It has a population of 24,784 inhabitants and a total area of 2.66 km².

Local landmarks include the Church of Cedofeita

Church of Cedofeita

The Church of Cedofeita is a mediaeval church in the city of Porto, in Portugal. It is located in the district of Cedofeita.-History:The Church of Cedofeita was built between the 12th and the 13th centuries in romanesque style...

 (dedicated to Saint Martin

Martin of Tours

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), the Mouzinho de Albuquerque

Mouzinho de Albuquerque

Mouzinho de Albuquerque is the name of two Portuguese personalities of the 19th century:* Luís da Silva Mouzinho de Albuquerque , military officer, poet, engineer, scientist, liberal politician and statesman...

 Plaza

Plaza

Plaza is a Spanish word related to "field" which describes an open urban public space, such as a city square. All through Spanish America, the plaza mayor of each center of administration held three closely related institutions: the cathedral, the cabildo or administrative center, which might be...

, the Oliveira's Fountain, several chapels and modern architecture buildings.

The film director Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel de Oliveira

Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...

 was born here in 1908. Casa da Pedra

Casa da Pedra

A Casa da Pedra or Casa das Águas Férreas is a residence located in the city of Porto in Portugal.The philosopher and writer Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins lived in the house....

is located in Cedofeita.