![]() Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. ![]() The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as "Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar". It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Porto's metropolitan area has around 2.4 million people (2021) in an area of 2,395 km 2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 291,962 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km 2. Porto or Oporto ( Portuguese pronunciation: ( listen)) is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Historic Centre of Oporto, Luís I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar
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