It was founded in 1732 and has been on Rua Garrett since 1773, after the earthquake destroyed its first shop. In 2011 Guinness recognised it as the oldest bookshop still operating in the world, and writers such as Eça de Queirós and Fernando Pessoa were customers.
Inside it is a string of narrow rooms with wooden shelves, one of them named after Aquilino Ribeiro, another regular. It has a section of books in other languages and one of Portuguese authors in translation.
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Checked on November 5, 2026.
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps (Place ID) · Bertrand Livreiros



