Dua Lipa opens a Library in Portugal
- Portugal Business News - Valerie Charoux
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News Celebrities Portugal - Dua Lipa opens a Library in Portugal - the Manifesto Library - in partnership with Livraria Lello in Porto, one of the world’s oldest bookshops with an enchanting neo-Gothic interior:
Famous English singer Dua Lipa, who won three Grammy Awards, opened the Manifesto Library, a space dedicated to books that challenge power and resist censorship. The Manifesto Library is located in the Lello bookshop that is reminiscent of a Harry Potter scene, with its neo-gothic sweeping red staircase and stained glass windows. The library´s carved mahogany shelves, gothic arches and glowing brass lamps, plunge readers directly into the intriguing atmosphere cast by the 1869 bookstore.
The enchanting bookstore in the heart of Portugal is the place to find hidden books that political powers have been seeking to silence. Dua Lipa´s Manifesto Library is a voice in the dark, where hidden books take center stage in a mysterious and beautiful bookshop in northern Portugal.
With the Manifesto Library illuminated under the stained glass skylight that bears the phrase ¨Decus in labore¨, meaning “honor in work,” Dua Lipa challenges the world to honor authors who were silenced.
¨Some books challenge the way we see the world. These books deserve to be remembered.¨ - Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa´s Manifesto Library in Porto, Portugal, is filled with 100 banned books with the aim to allow readers to read the world differently, sparking both controversy and intellectual conversations.
