Braga is a Portuguese city situated north of Portugal. It is a municipality with 183.4 km² of area, a population of 181 494 inhabitants (2011) and 137 000 inhabitants in its urban perimeter, being the center of the old region called Minho. In the course of the second century A.C., the region was taken by the Romans. Braga was built in 16 BC, with the designation of Bracara Augusta, in honor of the Roman Emperor Augusto (R. 27 AC-14 DC). The city would become capital of the province of Galécia and integrate the three convents from the Northwest Peninsular and part of the Convent of Clúnia, with a population of approximately 285,000 taxable taxes in the 24th in the year 25.
Of this time also the creation of Bracara Augusta Bishopric, according to Legend, São Pedro de Rates was the first Bishop BraCarense between the 45th and 60s, ordained by the apostle Santiago Maior who would have come from Holy Land and was martyred when converted adherent people to the Roman religion in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. But only in the year 385 is that the Pope Sirício refers to the metropolitan of Bracara Augusta.
It is called the city of Archbishops, for its power in the city of this remote times. Some of this archbishops, came to turn the shape of the city, sending open new streets and new buildings, etc. Best European Destination for 2021
Aerial view above Braga´s Cathedral
Open during the Archbishopric of D. Sousa De Sousa for access to the Cathedral, which is mainly used by those who come from the north side, and that for centuries served as rapid entrance to the archbishops that had their palace a few meters, in t...
This convent was destined to the religious of the Immaculate Conception, and was built from 1719 on the initiative of D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles. Only the Church and the cloister remain from the original convent. In 1652 there was a female gatherin...
The Arcade was the center of Braga, with its classic coffees, under the arcades, where the latest news, the equivalent of today's Internet. It was the common stop of almost all public transport from the finals of the 19th century. Despite the grow...
We have several reasons to visit the Largo de São João do Souto. The chapel of Our Lady of Conceição was built in 1525 by Dr. John of Coimbra, Vicar General of the archdiocese. The project is from João de Castillo, author of the main chapel of the...
Square of the municipality, one of Braga's most beautiful squares. The municipality (1750-1850) of the Master Bracarense André Soares (1720-1769) with his late baroque, symmetrical facade, and his main door has a niche with the quinhentist image o...
The ancient Paço of Archbishops, Braga, is a set of buildings that have been built over the centuries: On the north side is the oldest volume, with a medieval castle, crowned by Merlões, was commanded by Archbishop D.Fernando da War (1416-1467), o...
The Cathedral of Braga occupies an enviable place in the urban space: it is exactly in the middle of the Roman city, on the wall of the Roman city. This situation may seem unusual, especially with regard to the Roman city, but it is relatively nor...
This convent was destined to the religious of the Immaculate Conception, and was built from 1719 on the initiative of D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles. Only the Church and the cloister remain from the original convent. In 1652 there was a female gatherin...
Built in 1562 by Archbishop D.Frii Bartolomeu dos Martires, under the probable guidance of master Manuel Luís (he worked at the Convento de S. Gonçalo de Amarante and at the Igreja da Misericórdia do Porto). Mannerist façade of Flemish influences ...
Here the "Vinha de Santa Eufémia" once existed. D.Diogo de Sousa, who was due to build several city squares, transformed the place into an extensive public yard. Around it, several buildings emerged: the Seminary of S. Pedro 1571-1572, already dis...
In 1998, when the previous floor of the Largo de São Paulo was dismantled, several Roman walls were identified. In the impossibility of carrying out an archaeological excavation in an area, the walls were designed and photographed by the Archeolog...
Avenida da Liberdade is one of the longest avenues in the city center, connecting the broad 1.º de Dezembro to Praça da República, crossing the parishes of São José de São Lázaro and São João do Souto. It was partially converted into a pedestrian ...
The Igreja dos Congregados, designed by the architect André Soares, was started in the 16th century. Consecrated on October 27, 1717, the towers had to be built and statues were placed in the respective niches on the facade. The work was only comp...
In 1718, the confraternity of Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, with the support of Archbishop D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles, made an agreement with the master bricklayer Manuel Fernandes da Silva to proceed with the demolition of the old chapel, dedicated ...
