Rocha Peixoto Municipal Library

The Rocha Peixoto Municipal Library (Portuguese: Biblioteca Municipal Rocha Peixoto) is a public library system serving the city of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.

Its main library is located in Póvoa de Varzim school district, at Rua Padre Afonso Soares.

The main library was built between 1985 and 1991 and is a contemporary architecture project by architect Silva Garcia.

However, the main façade is an older construction from the project for the Orfeon Povoense Choral society headquarters.

This façade was just part of a larger project by architect Francisco de Oliveira Ferreira, first shown during a public presentation in 1915 and the dream of Josué Trocado, that included the Motherly School (Escola Maternal), for the unfavored children of the municipality.

Rocha Peixoto Library in Rua Padre Afonso Soares.
The 1921 Orfeon Povoense Façade
The constructed section was just the eastern base of the façade