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MonumentsCapela de Nossa Senhora da TorreRepresenting a lookout and one of the city´s entrances, the Tower of Santiago still retains its medieval appearance contrasting with the rocaille style added to the northern façade. This is divided into two: the upper section is dominated by the (...)
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MonumentsSé Catedral de Bragança / Sé NovaThe first cathedral built in the 21st century. Dedicated to Our Lady the Queen, the current Bragança Cathedral was designed by the architect Vassalo Rosa, being the first Portuguese cathedral to be built in the 21st century. It came to replace (...)
Telephone: +351 273 322 671
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Assunção - ElvasA fortress church on the country’s border.The construction of the church then called Our Lady of the Square started in 1517 following the guidelines of the royal architect Francisco de Arruda, who worked at the Amoreira Aqueduct to supply drinking (...)
Telephone: +351 266 769 800
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MonumentsBasílica Santo Cristo de OuteiroSanto Cristo de Outeiro Minor BasilicaConstruction began in 1698 in the wake of a miracle that occurred in a small chapel next door and the Santo Cristo Sanctuary was completed in first half of the 18th century. Endowed with archaic characteristics (...)
Telephone: +351 273 589 102
E-mail: geral@culturanorte.pt
Website: http://www.culturanorte.pt/pt/patrimonio/basilica-menor-de-s (...)
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MonumentsMosteiro de Castro de AvelãsAround 3 kilometres from Bragança, there is Castro de Avelãs, home to the remains of a Benedictine monastery. This wealthy institution played a key role in settling the region and aiding pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela from the 12th (...)
Telephone: +351 273 329 182
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsIgreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade - SantarémThe church dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy was built between 1664 and 1677 to commemorate the Battle of Ameixial, between Portugal and Spain (an historic episode in the War for the Restoration of the Portuguese monarchy). The building of the church (...)
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MonumentsIgreja de São João Baptista,paroquial de Figueiró dos VinhosChurch from the 15th c. in gothic style with renaissance decoration (16th c.).
Telephone: +351 236 552 178
Fax: +351 236 552 596
E-mail: turismo@cm-figueirodosvinhos.pt
Website: http://www.cm-figueirodosvinhos.pt
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MonumentsIgreja de São Vicente - BragançaThe origins of the church stretch back to the 13th century when it served as the parish church. It was rebuilt first in the 16th century on the orders of bishop António Pinheiro and again in the 17th century after damage from a landslide. The (...)
Telephone: +351 273 589 102
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsIgreja da Misericórdia de BragançaThe foundation of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia (portuguese charity) of Bragança dates back to the year 1518 and was "founded in a church that had dedicated to the Holy Spirit" (that gave name to the street). The temple was rebuilt in 1539, to (...)
Telephone: +351 273 589 102
E-mail: diocesebragancamiranda@gmail.com
Website: http://diocesebm.pt
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MonumentsCapela das AlmasCapela das Almas (Chapel of Souls) It was the first mother church of Viana until the mid-15th century, when the Cathedral was built within the walled perimeter.Traditionally known as Matriz Velha (Old Mother Church), it was renamed the (...)
Telephone: +351 258 809 337 / 258 822 436
E-mail: arqueologia@cm-viana-castelo.pt
Website: http://www.cm-viana-castelo.pt/pt/nucleos-museologicos-de-ar (...)
