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SWV is a system for cataloguing Siza’s works. Created in the same way as Bach’s BWV, it associates an identifying acronym (the SWV) with a chronologically based alphanumeric system (as in opus cataloguing) that chronologically identifies each of Siza’s works.

The following triptychs offer us the context of possible Geographies of Siza Baroque.

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Geographies
First train at São Bento Station in 1896, Oporto
Source: In www.bonjourporto.fr/
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Porto underground - São Bento Station, Oporto, 1999 - 2005
Source: In www.checkonsite.com, image by Manuel de Sousa
Baroque
Former São Bento de Avé Maria Monastery, Oporto (today São Bento Station)
Geographies
Mosteiro de São Bento de Avé Maria Church demolition, Oporto, 1900 - 1901
Source: In www.monumentosdesaparecidos.blogspot.com
Siza
Baroque
Jacques Philippe Le Bas, Ópera do Tejo ruins after the earthquake painting, 1757
Source: In www.upload.wikimedia.org
Geographies
Eduardo Souto de Moura, Braga's Market, Braga, 1980 - 2001
Siza
Porto underground - São Bento Station, Oporto, 1999 - 2005
Source: In www.gra2003.pt
Baroque