Avenida Vasco da Gama

41°23′17″N 8°46′02″W / 41.38806°N 8.76725°W / 41.38806; -8.76725Avenida Vasco da Gama is a street in the north central area of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.

In the waterfront area where Avenida Vasco da Gama now stands vestiges of a Roman fish factory and surrounding houses were found and was widely publicized as the Roman core of Póvoa de Varzim (Villa Euracini), although currently historians and archaeologists place the core of the city in the Old Town Póvoa de Varzim, but it then proved that Póvoa de Varzim was much older than it was thought in the early years of the 20th century.

The Velódromo cycle track opened in 1925, which was later transformed into Gomes de Amorim Stadium, venue of Sporting Club da Póvoa (founded in 1916 and extinct in the 1940s).

[3] In 1950, an underdeveloped and serpent-shaped street already existed in the area of the avenue and in much of its extension coincided with modern Avenida Vasco da Gama.

[4] Due to planned relocation of some sports venues to Póvoa de Varzim City Park, a plan named Plano de Pormenor da Zona E54 (PPZE54) aiming for further development and underground parking was subject to public discussion and approved by the city hall in 2009.