Livraria Lello in Porto was designed by the engineer Francisco Xavier Esteves for the brothers José and António Lello. The infobox gives 1881 as the opening, but the text says 1881 is when the firm was founded and the new building was inaugurated in 1906.
The infobox calls the style Neo-Manueline and lists granite. The text describes a mix of Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau exterior elements, with implied Art Deco interiors. The plan is rectangular with two stories, and the stained-glass window is about 26 by 11 feet (8 by 3.5 m).
It was classified a Property of Public Interest in 1994, reopened after restoration in 1995, and its facade was restored in 2016. Lionesa Group bought a majority stake in 2014, and entrance fees began in July 2015. It is an operating bookshop that also houses the Manifesto Library of banned books. The article gives no hours or prices.
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