Junqueira is Póvoa de Varzim 's busiest shopping district , that cater to both the daily needs of residents and visitors . The main street , a shopping street since the 18th century , is a pedestrian area since 1955 , one of the earliest in Portugal , and a model for other Portuguese cities that later did similar developments . It has about of pedestrian streets . Dotted with boutiques in old traditional buildings , Junqueira is renowned for its jewellery , with '' Ourivesaria Gomes '' was the goldsmith , The most notable of its goldsmiths is Ourivesaria Gomes , where , during the Estado Novo , important people of the regime were often seen with their families . Open for more than 100 years , Ourivesaria Gomes was the goldsmithery of the Portuguese Royal House , and it had kings , nobility and the clergy as costumers . The bullet used for the assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II was encrusted in the crown of Our Lady of Fatima by them
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Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
Póvoa de Varzim