Heritage
Classified as a National Monument, belongs to the public medieval civil architecture. This remarkable property, with probable construction of the fourteenth century, is located in Prozelo parish, under the river Cávado, establishing the connection of the Braga Póvoa de Varzim and Braga. It is located in a rural area and consists of a flat tray […]
SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF THE ABBEY Located in a pleasant place, where contact with the natural environment is privileged, the Shrine of Our Lady of the Abbey was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the parish of Santa Maria Bouro. The Marian shrine belongs to the baroque and rococo architecture and consists […]
Situated in the historic city center of Guimarães, near its famous castle, is the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança, a stately building built during the fifteenth century, which is configured as one of the most beautiful buildings of this amazing time in Portugal. The building was built in order to serve for housing of the […]
The Castle of Guimarães is located in Guimarães, District of Braga, Portugal. In a dominant position, overlooking the Campo(field)de São Mamede, this monument is connected to the Portuguese Province(Condado Portucalense) foundation and the struggles of independence of Portugal, being popularly referred to as the cradle of nationality. A National Monument in 2007 was elected informally as one of […]
