Miranda do Douro is located in a region that skirts the border between the Portuguese Trás-os-Montes region, and the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. The relief in this region is influenced by hard quartzite deposits near the border region, making erosion difficult, resulting in high escarpments and cliffs. The soils are composed of schists and granite bedrocks.Referred to as the "Cidade Museu" of the Trás-os-Montes region, it is located 86 kilometres from Bragança, preserving many of its medieval and Renaissance-era traditions and architecture. It has a language of its own, Mirandese, which enjoys official status in Portugal, in addition to cultural and historical discontinuity with the rest of the Portuguese state
As a result of the ecclesiastical renovation motivated by the Counterform, D. João III (1521 - 1557) managed to obtain from the papacy the creation of three new dioceses, which accompanied the growth of some cities: Leiria, Portalegre and Miranda ...
Episcopal Palace. Miranda's first bishops had to live in the Castle. It was only in 1601 that the construction of the Episcopal Palace and the Seminary began. When it was ready, more than a century later, its opulence was not inferior to that of t...
As a result of the ecclesiastical renovation motivated by the Counterform, D. João III (1521 - 1557) managed to obtain from the papacy the creation of three new dioceses, which accompanied the growth of some cities: Leiria, Portalegre and Miranda ...
As a result of the ecclesiastical renovation motivated by the Counterform, D. João III (1521 - 1557) managed to obtain from the papacy the creation of three new dioceses, which accompanied the growth of some cities: Leiria, Portalegre and Miranda ...
As a result of the ecclesiastical renovation motivated by the Counterform, D. João III (1521 - 1557) managed to obtain from the papacy the creation of three new dioceses, which accompanied the growth of some cities: Leiria, Portalegre and Miranda ...
Castle from which there are extensive walls, with an uncertain device, that surround the old city center, with a round path and torn by slightly broken arch doors: Doors of Senhora do Amparo, Falsa and Postigo, one of them protected by killers. Th...
