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The city's most conspicuous landmark is the Torre dos Clérigos, a baroque tower; also noteworthy are the Romanesque cathedral, the two-storied Dom Luis bridge across the Douro (1881-87), the Crystal Palace (1865), the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (1999), and Rem Koolhaas 's celebrated Casa de Música (2005). Oporto is the site of a public university and several private institutions of higher education.

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