Originally, Bragança was a Celtic city known as Brigantia; it later became the Juliobriga of the Romans. Historically, the city is important as the seat of the house of Bragança, which provided the kings of Portugal from 1640 to 1910 and the emperors of Brazil from 1822 to 1889; their feudal castle (built 1187) still remains. Catherine of Bragança became the queen consort (1662) of Charles II of England. Bragança, an episcopal see, was the capital of the historical Trás-os-Montes province. Notable landmarks in the city include the 12th-century Domus Municipalis (Portugal’s oldest and largest town hall), the Renaissance cathedral, and the town walls, with 18 watchtowers. The possessions of the house of Bragança belong to the Portuguese state and support the Fundaçao da Casa de Bragança, a foundation with a library, a museum, and a lecture centre in the 16th-century residence of the Bragança family in Vila Viçosa.
Today, from the primitive monastic complex, only the true head of the Cluniacense Romanesque architecture remains, with the head of the temple, with a semi-circular finish and brick covering, with a manifest inspiring influence of Sahagun's Leones...
Extinct by the middle of the 16th century (1545-1546), the same bull that creates the Diocese of Miranda do Douro extinguishes this scenario and, consequently, the building entered a process of degradation and dilapidation.
Located in an extension that goes from the citadel to the space that will have been reached by the urban expansion in the 16th or 17th century, the green corridor of Fervença constitutes a reference element in the city's experience, marked by the ...
The main door of Santo António, in a perfect round arch, between two turrets, is defended by a barbican, in which the Porta da Vila is located, in a pointed arch. Inside, in the Plaza de Armas, it is possible to observe the adaptations of the acce...
Mask Museum. Inaugurated in 2007, it is a space for the dissemination of traditions related to the masks of the Northeast Transmontano and the Zamora Region (partnership between the Municipality of Bragança and the Diputación de Zamora - Masks Pro...
The Municipal Library is housed in the former Jesuit college, which has been fully restored, and is located in an area that confronts a small square named after Prof. Doctor Adriano Moreira, President of the Institute of High Studies of the Lisbon...
Batoques neighborhood. This space is historically associated with the uses and customs practiced around the River Fervença, in a space characterized by the transition between the left bank, where the city mostly developed, and the right bank, mark...
Praça da Sé is the most central and mandatory stop. In the center of the square stands a cross with a torsum column topped by a Corinthian capital and a cross. It was built in 1689, at the time of the completion of the works of the Church of São J...
Also known as Solar dos Veiga Cabral and Solar dos Sá Vargas, it is an eighteenth century construction, with markedly horizontal lines. In 1764, the nobleman Francisco António da Veiga Cabral was its owner, ascendant of Bishop D. António da Veiga ...
16th century - probable time of construction of the bridge, possibly to access sources of water supply, which were located near the right bank of the river; During the 18th century the bridge allows the construction of houses on the other bank
Large green space that extends into a riverside corridor, which develops in two sections: first between Ponte do Fervença and Rua dos Batoques, and the second starts at the last weir of the first section, following the river through the area of Bu...
Praça da Sé is the most central and mandatory stop. In the center of the square stands a cross with a torsum column topped by a Corinthian capital and a cross. It was built in 1689, at the time of the completion of the works of the Church of São J...
