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Braga , a city

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and municipality

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in northwestern Portugal

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Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
, is the capital of the district of Braga

Braga (district)

The Districts of Portugal of Braga is located in the Northwest of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Braga. It is bordered by Viana do Castelo district in the north, Vila Real in the east and Porto district in the south....
, the oldest archdiocese and one of the major cities of the country. With an urban population of 175,063, Braga is the seventh largest municipality in Portugal, after Lisbon (Lisboa), Sintra municipality, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto (Oporto), Loures and Cascais municipality (including the city and suburban parishes, the municipality has a total of 62 parishes and 175,063 inhabitants ).

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Braga , a city

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Braga (district)

Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho

Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho in Portugal consists of 13 municipalities that makes the third most populous metropolitan area in the country....
with a population of 826,833 (2007) one of the fastest growing urban areas in the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
. Under the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, as Bracara Augusta, it was capital of the province Gallaecia

Gallaecia

Gallaecia or Callaecia was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania ....
. The urban area extends from the (river) Cavado to the (river) Este. Braga is serviced by regional and fast trains to Porto and Lisbon. The city of Oporto (Porto) is about 53 km. The present Mayor is Francisco Soares Mesquita Machado, elected from the Socialist Party.

History

For the Ecclesiastical history see Archbishopric of Braga

Antiquity

The region of Braga has been inhabited since pre-historic times, and in the Iron Age the Bracari
Bracari

The Bracari were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, akin to the Gallaecia, living in the northwest of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, between the rivers T?mega and C?vado River, around the area of the modern city of Braga ....
people occupied the region and built their characteristic fortified villages (castrum). It was the capital of the Callaici Bracarii, or Bracarenses, a tribe who occupied what is now Galicia and northern Portugal. The Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
s began their conquest of the region around 136 BC, and during the times of Emperor Augustus (around the year 20 BC) the city of Bracara Augusta was founded in the context of the administrative needs of the new Roman territory. Bracara was dedicated to the Emperor, hence its name Augusta.

. The city of Bracara Augusta developed greatly during the 1st century and reached its maximum extension in the 2nd century. Towards the end of the 3rd century, Emperor Diocletianus promoted the city to the status of capital of the newly-founded province of Gallaecia

Gallaecia

Gallaecia or Callaecia was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania ....
.

During the times of the Germanic Invasions of the Iberian Peninsula

Migration Period

The Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions or V?lkerwanderung , was a period of human migration which occurred within the period of roughly 300?700 Common Era in Europe, marking the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages....
, Roman power was dissolved and Bracara Augusta and the whole region of Gallaecia fell into the hands of the Sueves, a Germanic people from Central Europe. In 410, the Sueves established a Kingdom in the Northwest of Iberia and chose Bracara as capital. But about 584 it passed into the hands of the Visigothic conquerors of Hispania

Hispania

Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....
, whose renunciation of the Arian and Priscillianist heresies, at two synods held here in the 6th century, marks the origin of its ecclesiastical greatness. The archbishops of Braga retain the title of primate of Portugal, and long claimed supremacy over the Hispanic church also; but their authority was never accepted throughout Hispania

Hispania

Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....
.

Braga had an important role in the Christianisation of the Iberian Peninsula. The first known bishop of Braga, Paternus, lived in the end of the 4th century, although Saint Ovidius

Saint Ovidius

Saint Ovidius , also Saint Auditus, is a Portugal saint. According to hagiography of the 16th century, Ovidius was a Roman Empire citizen of Sicily origin....
(d. 135 AD) is sometimes considered one of the first bishops of this city. In the early 5th century, Paulus Orosius, a friend of Saint Augustine born in Braga, wrote several theological and historical works of great importance. In the 6th century a great figure was Saint Martin of Braga, a bishop of Braga who converted the Sueves from Arianism

Arianism

Arianism is the theological teaching of Arius , a Christian priest, who was first ruled a heresy at the First Council of Nicea, later exonerated and then pronounced a heretic again after his death....
to Catholicism

Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its Theology and doctrines, its Catholic liturgy, Ethics, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
. He also founded an important monastery near Braga, in Dumio

Dumio

Dumio is a former monastery near Braga, in northwestern Portugal.It was founded by Saint Martin of Braga in the 6th century, circa 550-560. It is now an archaeological site....
(Dume), now an archaeological site. Several Ecumenic Councils were held in Braga during this period, a sign of the religious importance of the city.

Middle Ages

The history of Braga during Visigothic and Arab times is very obscure and represent periods of decadence for the city. From the Moors, who captured Braga early in the 8th century, the city was retaken in 1040 by king Ferdinand I of Castile and León. From 1093 to 1147 it was the residence of the Portuguese court. The bishopric is restored in 1070 and the first new bishop, Pedro, starts rebuilding the Cathedral

Braga Cathedral

The Cathedral of Braga is one of the most important monuments in the city of Braga, in Northern Portugal. Due to its long history and artistic significance it is also one of the most important buildings in the country....
, many times modified in the following centuries. In the early 12th century, Count Henry of Portugal

Henry, Count of Portugal

Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal was Count of Portugal from 1093 to his death. He was the son of Henry of Burgundy, heir of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, and brother of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy and Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy....
and bishop Gerald of Moissac manage to turn Braga into an archbishopric seat, with power over a large area in Iberia. The medieval city develops around the cathedral and covers only a fraction of the ancient Roman city. The maximum authority in the city remains that of the archbishop.

Modern Age

In the 16th century, Braga did not profit from the Age of Portuguese Discoveries

Age of Discovery

The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was a period in human history starting in the 15th Century and continuing into the 17th Century, during which Europeans explored the world by ocean searching for trading partners and particular trade goods....
, that favoured cities like Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
, Évora

Évora

?vora is a city and a municipalities of Portugal in Portugal. The city proper has 41,159 inhabitants, and the municipality has a total area of 1,307.0 km? with a population of 55,619 inhabitants....
and Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra is a city and municipalities of Portugal in Portugal. It served as the country's capital during the First Dynasty and remains home to the University of Coimbra, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world and List of oldest universities in continuous operation....
. This situation was changed by Archbishop Diogo de Sousa, who sponsored several urban improvements in the city, including the enlargement of streets, the creation of public squares and the foundation of hospitals and new churches. He also modernised the cathedral by adding a new main chapel in the fashion of the time, the manueline

Manueline

The Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic is the sumptuous, composite Portugal style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro ?lvares Cabral....
style. Diogo de Sousa turned the mediaeval town into a renaissance city, and many of his improvements can still be seen in modern Braga.

Another golden age for the city was the 18th century, in which archbishops and architects like André Soares

Andre Soares

Andres "Gigueto" Soares is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Featherweight division. He lost his last fight at EliteXC: Primetime against Zach Makovsky on May 31, 2008....
and Carlos Amarante dotted the city and surrounding region with beautiful baroque churches and civil buildings. The Municipality, the Public Library building, the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte

Bom Jesus do Monte

Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portugal sanctuary in the surroundings of the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the mountain....
and many urban palaces date from this period.

The 19th century was a difficult period for the city and the country, which had been invaded by Napoleonic troops

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War or Spanish War of Independence was a contest between First French Empire and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Kingdom of Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars....
. In the second half of that century, the influence of Portuguese immigrants who had lived in Brazil introduced new tastes and improvements in the city architecture and infrastructure.

In the 20th century Braga faced great demographic and urbanistic pressures, and the infrastructure of the city had to be greatly improved to meet the new needs.

Main sights

The city of Braga and surrounding region have many historical monuments,including:the Cathedral(Se),Bom Jesus and Sameiro(Sanctuaries).

In the historic city (centro)

Churches

Braga Cathedral
Braga Cathedral

The Cathedral of Braga is one of the most important monuments in the city of Braga, in Northern Portugal. Due to its long history and artistic significance it is also one of the most important buildings in the country....
(Sé de Braga, 12th-18th centuries): The most important historical monument of the city. Rich mix of architectural and artistic styles.
Populo Church
Populo Church

Populo Church is a Neoclassical architecture church located in Braga.The church started to be built by the end of the 16th century, under the order of Archbishop D....
(16th century): Neo-classical
Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism that began in the mid-18th century, both as a reaction against the Rococo style of anti-tectonic naturalistic ornament, and an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Baroque architecture....
church.
Misericordia Church
Misericordia Church

The Misericordia is a church located in S? , Braga, Portugal.Built in 1562 it is considered the most important legacy of the renaissance period in the city, despite the profound changes it suffered in the 18th and 19th centuries....
(Igreja da Misericórdia) A church, renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
style.
Saint Paul Church in Braga
Saint Paul Church in Braga

The Saint Paul Church in Portuguese language, Igreja de S?o Paulo is a Portugal 16th-century church in Braga, Portugal, dedicated to Paul of Tarsus the Twelve apostles of Jesus....
(Igreja de São Paulo)
Saint Vicent Church
Saint Vicent Church

The Saint Vincent Church is a 16th-century baroque Roman Catholic Church church in Braga, Portugal, dedicated to Vincent of Saragossa.Was built in 1565 and restored in 1691, on the same site where there was once a Visigoth church of the 7th century ....
(Igreja de São Vicente)
Carmo Church
Carmo Church

The Carmo Church in Portuguese language, Igreja do Carmo is a Portugal 17th-century church in Braga, Portugal, with a Latin cross Floor plan and a single nave....
(Igreja do Carmo)
Congregados Church
Congregados Church

The Congregados Church in Portuguese language, Igreja dos Congregados is a Portugal 18th-century baroque church in Braga, Portugal.The church, a project from the architect Andr? Soares, is flanked on the top by two bell towers, one of which finished is the 60s of the 20th century....
(Igreja dos Congregados)

Museums

Biscainhos Museum
Biscainhos Museum

File:Biscainhos Garden.jpgThe Biscainhos Museum is located in the palace with the same name, in S? , Braga, Portugal....
Museum Medina
Museum Medina

The Museum Medina is located in Braga, Portugal, in the same building of the Pius XII Museum.The collection comprises 83 oil painting and 21 drawing of the painter Henrique Medina....
Nogueira da Silva Museum
Nogueira da Silva Museum

The Nogueira da Silva Museum is located in Braga, Portugal.The museum consists of the legacy bequeathed by the entrepreneur Nogueira da Silva to the University of Minho....
D. Diogo de Sousa Museum
D. Diogo de Sousa Museum

The D. Diogo de Sousa Museum is located in Braga, Portugal.The Museum was founded in 1918 and moved to the new house in 2007 June 29.The Museum is housed in a specially designed building in the center of what was the Roman City of Bracara Augusta....
Cathedral Treasure
Cathedral Treasure

The Cathedral Treasure or Sacred Art Museum is a museum incorporated in the Braga Cathedral in Braga, Portugal.It comprises five collections: Treasure, Carving, Statuary, Azulejo and Bell ....
Pius XII Museum
Pius XII Museum

The Pius XII Museum in Portuguese language: Museu Pio XII is located in Braga, Portugal in the same building of the Museum Medina, as the name from the Pope Pius XII....
Image Museum
Image Museum

The Image Museum or in Portuguese language Museu da Imagem is located in Braga, Portugal and is dedicated to photography.The collection is one of the largest and most important in Portugal....
Stringed Instruments Museum
Stringed Instruments Museum

The Stringed Instruments Museum in Portuguese language: Museu dos Cordofones is located in Tebosa, in the surroundings of the city of Braga, Portugal dedicated to traditional Portuguese String instrument....

Others

Idol's Fountain
Idol's Fountain

The Idol's Fountain is a Ancient Rome fountain located in Braga, Portugal, in the territory of the Callaici Bracari with several inscriptions in a Celtic languages ....
(Fonte do Ídolo, 1st century AD): Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
fountain dedicated to an indigenous god, Tongoenabiagus
Tongoenabiagus

Tongoenabiagus was the Deity of the Idol's Fountain , a 1st century Ancient Rome shrine in Braga with inscriptions in a Celtic languages, a fountain shrine dedicated both to Tongoenabiagus and the goddess Nabia....
. Bears reliefs and inscriptions.
Tower of Braga Castle
Braga Castle

Braga Castle was located in the city of Braga, freguesia of S?o Jo?o do Souto, Braga , in Portugal, but only a small section remains today.Braga is a city with over 2,000 years of history, and as an important administrative centre , its defences have undergone various phases of construction....
(14th century): Gothic
Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
tower left from the ancient castle of the city.
Coimbras Chapel
Coimbras Chapel

Coimbras Chapel is a Manueline chapel located in Braga.The chapel was built in 1528, under the order of Archdiocese of Braga D. Diogo de Sousa by artists from Biscay, who worked in several projects in the medieval city of Braga....
(Capela dos Coimbras, early 16th century): Richly decorated chapel in Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
and Manueline
Manueline

The Manueline, or Portuguese late Gothic is the sumptuous, composite Portugal style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and representations of the discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro ?lvares Cabral....
styles.
Archbishop's Palace or Archiepiscopal Court
Archiepiscopal Court

The Archiepiscopal Court or the Old Archbishop's Palace is a Palace in S? , Braga, Portugal.The Palace is a set of three different buildings with distinct characteristics and time periods....
(Paço Arquiepiscopal) (14th-18th centuries): Gothic
Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
, Mannerist and Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
wings. Houses the Library
Library

A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books, and services, and the structure in which it is housed: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual....
of the City.

*Arco da Porta Nova

Arco da Porta Nova

The Arco da Porta Nova is an arch in S? , Braga, Portugal.The arch decorates the western gate of the medieval wall. It was opened in 1512 and was the place where the keys of the city were given....
(New City Gate, 18th century): Beautiful baroque-style city gate that substituted an earlier Gothic gate.

Braga Town Hall
Braga Town Hall

The Braga Town Hall is a landmark building located in S? parish in the heart of Braga, Portugal. In there is located the headquarters of the C?mara Municipal, the city local government....
(18th century): Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
building.
Raio Palace
Raio Palace

The Raio Palace, in Portuguese language Pal?cio do Raio, is a palace in Braga, Portugal.Constructed in 1754 according to a project from the architect Andr? Soares, who introduced in Braga the new Baroque tendency....
(18th century): Outstanding Baroque-Rococo
Rococo

Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and interior design. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings....
urban palace with richly decorated façade.
Theatro Circo
Theatro Circo

The Theatro Circo is a theater in Braga, Portugal.Projected by the architect Moura Coutinho and inaugurated in April 21, 1915 with the Ruggero Leoncavallo Operetta La reginetta delle rose....
(20th century) the most famous theater in Braga
Santa Barbara Garden
Santa Barbara Garden

The Santa Barbara Garden is a Garden in Braga, Portugal.It's close to the Eastern wing of the Archiepiscopal CourtThe name of the garden comes from a statue of Saint Barbara standing on the fountain located in the middle of the garden....
(Jardim de Santa Bárbara)
Aguas Ferreas Fountain
Aguas Ferreas Fountain

The Aguas Ferreas Fountain is a is a fountain located in Frai?o, city of Braga, Portugal.It was built in 1773, is one of the first works from Carlos Amarante....
Sieves House
Sieves House

The Sieves House, in Portuguese language Casa dos Crivos, it's a 16th Century house in S?o Jo?o do Souto, Braga, Portugal.Nowadays is the only example of the type of house peculiar to the town in the 16th Century....
(Casa dos Crivos)

Outside the city centre

Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary
Bom Jesus do Monte

Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portugal sanctuary in the surroundings of the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the mountain....
(18th-early 19th century): Neoclassic
Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism that began in the mid-18th century, both as a reaction against the Rococo style of anti-tectonic naturalistic ornament, and an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Baroque architecture....
church with a magnificent Baroque stairway and Bom Jesus funicular
Bom Jesus funicular

The Bom Jesus funicular is a funicular located in Bom Jesus do Monte, city of Braga, Portugal.The funicular was built in 1882 by Niklaus Riggenbach and is the oldest in the Iberian Peninsula....
, the oldest in Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
. Located in the city surroundings.
Falperra Church
Falperra Church

Falperra Church or the Church of Santa Maria Madalena is a rococo church located in Falperra Hill, Braga, Portugal.The church was built in the early 18th century, by order of the Archbishop D....
(18th century): Good example of Baroque
Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
architecture with pentagonal floorplan and Rococo
Rococo

Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and interior design. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings....
façade.
Monastery of Tibães
Monastery of Tibães

The Monastery of St Martin of Tib?es is a monastery situated in the parish of Mire de Tib?es, near Braga, in northern Portugal. It was the mother house of the Benedictine order in Portugal and Brazil, and it is famous for the exuberant Rococo decoration of its church....
(17th-18th centuries): Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
monastery of great artistic importance in Portugal. Notable inner gilt work.
Sameiro Sanctuary
Sameiro Sanctuary

The Sameiro Sanctuary is a Sanctuary located in Espinho , in the surroundings of the city of Braga, Portugal.The Sameiro Church is a late 19th-century Dome church ....
(19th-20th centuries): Important pilgrimage
Pilgrimage

File:Supplicating Pilgrim at Masjid Al Haram. Mecca, Saudi Arabia.jpgIn religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long quest or search of great moral significance....
centre dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Braga Municipal Stadium
Estádio Municipal de Braga

Est?dio Municipal de Braga is a football stadium in Braga, Portugal, with an all-seated capacity of 30,154, built in 2003 as the new home for local club SC Braga, and as a 2004 UEFA European Football Championship venue....
, carved out of the Monte Castro hill that overlooks the city.
Saint Frutuoso Chapel
Saint Frutuoso Chapel

Saint Frutuoso Chapel is a pre-Romanesque chapel located in Real , surroundings of Braga, Portugal.It was originally built by the Visigoths in the 7th century in the form of a Greek cross, and is one of the few remaining examples of pre-Romanesque architecture in Portugal....
, pre-Romanesque Chapel
Chapel

A chapel is a building used as a place for fellowship and of worship for Christians. It may be attached to an institution such as a large Church , a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery, or may be an entirely free-standing building, sometimes with its own grounds....
built in the 7th Century.
Saint Eulalia Church
Saint Eulalia Church

The Saint Eulalia Church in Portuguese language, Igreja de Santa Eul?lia is a Romanesque art Portugal church in Ten?es, Braga, Portugal, near Bom Jesus do Monte....
, Romanesque
Romanesque art

Romanesque art refers to the art of Western Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic Art in the 13th century, or later, depending on region....
church, near Bom Jesus
Bom Jesus do Monte

Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portugal sanctuary in the surroundings of the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the mountain....
.
Chamor Hill
Chamor Hill

Chamor Hill is a hill located in S?o Mamede de Este, Braga, Portugal.On the top ot the hill, there is a monument to the Sacred Heart erected in 1957 with 20 meters high....
, with a monument to the Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart

The Sacred Heart is a religious devotion to Jesus's physical heart as the representation of the divine love for humanity.This devotion is predominantly used in the Roman Catholic Church, and also in strains of the Anglican Church and some Lutheran Churches....
which is 20 meters high.
Sete Fontes (Braga)
Sete Fontes (Braga)

Sete Fontes is part of a water supply system built in mid-18th century that supplied potable water to the city of Braga until the first half of the 20th century....
, the old potable water supply system.
Dona Chica Castle
Dona Chica Castle

Dona Chica Castle is a Neo-romanticism castle or palace located in Palmeira , Braga, Portugal.Architect Ernesto Korrodi was the author of the project for the construction of the palace, which took place in the beginning of the 20th century....
, a romantic Castle in Palmeira
Palmeira (Braga)

Palmeira is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 4 594 inhabitants and a total area of 8.72 km?.It located near the C?vado River river,on the Southside of river,about 5 miles North from the historic center of the city of Braga....
, from the architect Ernesto Korrodi
Ernesto Korrodi

Ernesto Korrodi , was a Switzerland born architect who moved to Portugal when 19 years old, living the rest of his life there.He later adopted Portuguese citizenship, and married a Portuguese woman....
.

Commerce, business and transportation

The major industries in the municipality are construction, metallurgy and mechanics, software development and web design. The computer industry is growing rapidly.

Education, science and technology

The city is the headquarters and main campus for the Universidade do Minho (Minho University), a public university

Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private university....
founded in 1973. In the city was established also, in 1967, a branch of the oldest private university

Private university

Private universities are not operated by governments though they may or may not receive funding . Depending on the region, private universities may be subject to government regulation....
of Portugal, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa at Braga.

In the late 2000s a major international research centre was founded in the city - the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory is a Portugal-Spain international nanotechnology research organization, in Braga, Portugal. It was founded in 2008 by the governments of Portugal and Spain, two southern European states of the Iberian Peninsula....
.

Airport

Aerodromo de Braga / [Palmeira]]

Sports

Braga's football (soccer) team, S.C. Braga plays in the top division of the Portuguese

Portugal

Portuguese Liga

The Portuguese Liga , currently named Liga Sagres after Sagres , is the league Portuguese football competitions for Portugal professional Association football clubs located at the top of the Portuguese football league system , making it Portugal's primary football competition....
.

Famous citizens

Paulus Orosius (c.385–c.420): Important historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
and theologue
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
from the Braga diocese, friend of St. Augustine.
Martin of Braga
Martin of Braga

Saint Martin of Dumio was an archbishop of Braga in Portugal, amonastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author. Born in Pannonia, he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where he became a monk....
(c.520 – 580): Bishop of Braga that converted the Suevi to Catholicism
Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its Theology and doctrines, its Catholic liturgy, Ethics, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
.
Diogo de Sousa (c.1461-1532): Archbishop of Braga after 1505. A great sponsor of the arts, he remodelled the Cathedral and promoted the urbanisation of the city following Renaissance models. He also founded several churches and an important school (the São Paulo School).
Francisco Sanches
Francisco Sanches

Francisco Sanches was a Portuguese people philosopher and physician of Sephardi Jews origin....
(1550-1623): 16th-century physician born in the Braga diocese and educated in universities in France and Italy.
André Soares
Andre Soares

Andres "Gigueto" Soares is a Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter. He competes in the Featherweight division. He lost his last fight at EliteXC: Primetime against Zach Makovsky on May 31, 2008....
(1720-1769): 18th century architect, designed several important Rococo buildings in Braga and Northern Portugal.
Domingos Leite Pereira
Domingos Leite Pereira

Domingos Leite Pereira was a Portuguese people politician of the Portuguese First Republic. He had degrees in theology and literature of the University of Coimbra....
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politician of the Portuguese First Republic
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Martin of Braga
Martin of Braga

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Marie Myriam
Marie Myriam

Marie Myriam is a Portugal / France singer.Representing France, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 in 1977 with " L'oiseau et l'enfant" with music by Jean Paul Cara and words by Joe Gracy....
(born Myriam Lopes in Braga,8 of May 1957) french singer of portuguese origens,winner of 1977

Eurovision Song Festival with "L`Oiseau et L`Enfant" ("The Bird and the Child"),witten by Jean Paul Cara and Joe Grace.

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Bissorã

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Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand

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Puteaux

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São Nicolau

São Nicolau

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Parishes/freguesias

Adaúfe
Adaúfe

Ada?fe is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 3 959 inhabitants and a total area of 10.16 km?.File:Adaufe Church.JPG...
Arcos
Arcos (Braga)

S?o Paio de Arcos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 731 inhabitants and a total area of 1.41 km?....
Arentim
Arentim

Arentim is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 040 inhabitants and a total area of 1.31 km?....
Aveleda
Aveleda (Braga)

Aveleda is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 2 253 inhabitants and a total area of 2.21 km?....
Cabreiros
Cabreiros (Braga)

Cabreiros is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 638 inhabitants and a total area of 2.76 km?....
Celeirós
Celeirós (Braga)

Celeir?s is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 6 000 inhabitants and a total area of 2.36 km?....
Cividade
Cividade

Cividade is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 884 inhabitants and a total area of 0.28 km?....
Crespos
Crespos (Braga)

Crespos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 991 inhabitants and a total area of 4.19 km?.File:Crespos Church.JPG...
Cunha
Cunha (Braga)

Cunha is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 612 inhabitants and a total area of 2.85 km?....
Dume
Dume

S?o Martinho de Dume is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 3 081 inhabitants and a total area of 4.34 km?....
Escudeiros
Escudeiros

Escudeiros is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 050 inhabitants and a total area of 3.88 km?....
Espinho
Espinho (Braga)

Espinho is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 334 inhabitants and a total area of 4.99 km?....
Esporões
Esporões

Espor?es is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 845 inhabitants and a total area of 4.42 km?....
Ferreiros
Ferreiros (Braga)

Ferreiros is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 6 857 inhabitants and a total area of 3.27 km?....
Figueiredo
Figueiredo (Braga)

Figueiredo is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 218 inhabitants and a total area of 1.86 km?....
Fradelos
Fradelos (Braga)

Fradelos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 678 inhabitants and a total area of 1.46 km?....
Fraião
Fraião

Frai?o is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 2 131 inhabitants and a total area of 3.22 km?....
Frossos
Frossos (Braga)

Frossos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 423 inhabitants and a total area of 1.4 km?....
Gondizalves
Gondizalves

Gondizalves is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 409 inhabitants and a total area of 1.76 km?....
Gualtar
Gualtar

Gualtar is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 3 807 inhabitants and a total area of 3.79 km?....
Guisande
Guisande (Braga)

Guisande is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 453 inhabitants and a total area of 2.38 km?....
Lamaçães
Lamaçães

Lama??es is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 364 inhabitants and a total area of 2.16 km?....
Lamas
Lamas (Braga)

Lamas is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 701 inhabitants and a total area of 0.85 km?....
Lomar
Lomar (Braga)

Lomar is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 5 546 inhabitants and a total area of 2.81 km?....
Maximinos
Maximinos

Maximinos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 10 030 inhabitants and a total area of 1.76 km?....
Mire de Tibães
Morreira
Morreira

Morreira is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 796 inhabitants and a total area of 3.52 km?....
Navarra
Navarra (Braga)

Navarra is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 454 inhabitants and a total area of 2.24 km?.File:Navarra Church.JPG...
Nogueira
Nogueira (Braga)

Nogueira is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 4 815 inhabitants and a total area of 3.82 km?....
Nogueiró
Nogueiró

Nogueir? is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 2 118 inhabitants and a total area of 2.81 km?....
Padim da Graça
Padim da Graça

Padim da Gra?a is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 580 inhabitants and a total area of 3.35 km?....

Palmeira

Palmeira (Braga)

Palmeira is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 4 594 inhabitants and a total area of 8.72 km?.It located near the C?vado River river,on the Southside of river,about 5 miles North from the historic center of the city of Braga....

Panóias

Panóias (Braga)

Pan?ias is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 630 inhabitants and a total area of 1.15 km?....

Parada de Tibães

Parada de Tib?es is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 798 inhabitants and a total area of 1.4 km?....

Pedralva

Pedralva (Braga)

Pedralva is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 150 inhabitants and a total area of 8.2 km?....

Pousada

Pousada (Braga)

S?o Paio de Pousada is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 474 inhabitants and a total area of 3.04 km?....

Priscos

Priscos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 301 inhabitants and a total area of 3.72 km?....

Real

Real (Braga)

S?o Jer?nimo de Real is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 4 871 inhabitants and a total area of 1.32 km?....

Ruilhe

Ruilhe is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 306 inhabitants and a total area of 1.72 km?....

Santa Lucrécia de Algeriz

Santa Lucr?cia de Algeriz is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 485 inhabitants and a total area of 4.49 km?....

Santo Estêvão do Penso

Santo Est?v?o do Penso is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 400 inhabitants and a total area of 2.16 km?....

São João do Souto

S?o Jo?o do Souto is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 932 inhabitants and a total area of 0.22 km?....

São José de São Lázaro

S?o Jos? de S?o L?zaro is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 14 830 inhabitants and a total area of 1.72 km?....

São Julião dos Passos

S?o Juli?o dos Passos is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 697 inhabitants and a total area of 1.96 km?....

São Mamede de Este

S?o Mamede de Este is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 709 inhabitants and a total area of 5.78 km?....

São Paio de Merelim

São Pedro de Este

S?o Pedro de Este is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 806 inhabitants and a total area of 4.09 km?....

São Pedro de Merelim

S?o Pedro de Merelim is a Portugal parish, located in the city of Braga. It had a 2001 population of 1,710 inhabitants and a total area of 2.34 km?, its density was 730.8/km?....

São Pedro de Oliveira

S?o Pedro de Oliveira is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 568 inhabitants and a total area of 2.87 km?....

São Vicente

São Vicente (Braga)

S?o Vicente is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 12 162 inhabitants and a total area of 1.42 km?....

São Vicente do Penso

S?o Vicente do Penso is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 366 inhabitants and a total area of 2.06 km?....

São Vítor

S?o V?tor is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 25 407 inhabitants and a total area of 2.53 km?....

Sé

Sé (Braga)

S? is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 3 587 inhabitants and a total area of 0.33 km?....

Semelhe

Semelhe is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 847 inhabitants and a total area of 3.48 km?....

Sequeira

Sequeira is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 2 031 inhabitants and a total area of 4.53 km?....

Sobreposta

Sobreposta is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 199 inhabitants and a total area of 5.07 km?....

Tadim

Tadim is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 886 inhabitants and a total area of 2.27 km?....

Tebosa

Tebosa is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 096 inhabitants and a total area of 2.66 km?....

Tenões

Ten?es is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 067 inhabitants and a total area of 2.13 km?....

Trandeiras

Trandeiras is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 703 inhabitants and a total area of 0.85 km?....

Vilaça

Vilaça (Braga)

Vila?a is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 893 inhabitants and a total area of 2.39 km?....

Vimieiro

Vimieiro (Braga)

Vimieiro is a Portugal parish, located in the municipality of Braga. It has a population of 1 131 inhabitants and a total area of 2.81 km?....

Braga

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