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A city in the municipality of Braga northwestern Portugal considered the oldest Christian archdiocese in the country and one of the oldest in the world. Under the Roman Empire, known as Bracara Augusta was the center of the province of Gallaecia. With a total urban population of around 180.000 inhabitants is the third-largest city in […]
The Brejoeira Palace is located in the parish of Pinheiros, in the town and county of Monção, six kilometers from Monção, Viana do Castelo district of Portugal. The Brejoeira Palace began to be built in the eighteenth century, by Luis Pereira Old Moscoso, and the works continued until 1834. In neo-classical style, is endowed with lavish […]
The Monastery of St. Andrew Rendufe, located in a valley in the countryside, isolated by its old wall, was built in the century. XII in Rendufe parish. The male Benedictine Monastery, which includes the gilt, national baroque style, is classified as a Public Interest. Part of the monastery (monastic and fifth dependencies fence) belong to […]
SANTA MARIA MONASTERY OF BOURO Visit Braga Municipality is to make a journey through the history, to the extent that there are many monuments that depict documented times that are directly related to the great moments in the history of Portugal. The Monastery and Inn of Santa Maria de Bouro is a copy of this […]
Located in the heart of the Peneda-Geres National Park and surrounded by lakes and mountains, the spa Gerês are the most famous of the country, with a surrounding landscape of rare beauty. This spa was originally built in the reign of King John V, and received frequent visits of King Ludwig I and Queen Maria Pia, […]
Food is culture, heritage and tradition. Its preservation means keeping the most ancient traditions that mark identity of a people gives it a difference and genuineness, is a real component of the tourism offer. Eating and drinking well is meaning of hospitality and taste the Minho cuisine is all this and more. A typical Minho […]
This small island, there are about two hundred meters from the coast, south of the mouth of the river Minho, was originally used as a place of worship. In the Christian era, it stood a small chapel under the invocation of Our Lady of Insua. In 1392, Franciscan friars of Galicia under the direction of […]
Biomass coverage of the Serra do Gerês, Serra Amarela, Serra do Peneda and Serra do Soajo, as well as the Mourela and Castro Laboreiro plateaus, are dominated by four distinct biomes: oak forest, shrubbery, marshes and riparian vegetation. The floristic diversity includes 823 vascular taxa that occur in 128 types of natural vegetation. The oak forests […]
The Peneda-Gerês National Park also known simply as Gerês, is the only national park in Portugal (although many natural parks, protected landscapes, and reserves exist across the nation). It is located in the Norte region, in the northwest of Portugal, specifically in the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, and Vila Real. The park was created on 8 May 1971 due to its national and international scientific […]
