Bragança nice medieval city

The stunning medieval city of Bragança strategic stood overlooking the plot on a hill, forming a spectacular walled town.

Bragança

The citadel of Braganza is a magnificent monuments, a castle built in 1187, with its high tower and watchtower tribute flanked by several towers enabled today to host the Military Museum, with exhibits from Neolithic axes until the twentieth century rifles.

Santa Maria Church

In addition to his film Castle beside the church of Santa Maria is the Domus Municipalis, the oldest municipal chamber Portugal.

Pentagonal plant on a deposit of the twelfth century, is an excellent example of medieval civil architecture.

Domus Municipalis

This medieval city became ducal city in 1442 and gave the name of the last royal dynasty Portuguese.

The family of the house of Bragança reigns in the country from 1640 to 1853 and during this period the heir to the throne holds the title of Duke of Bragança.

Bragança Citadel

In the new town you can visit interesting places like the cathedral square, where the pillory cruzeiro become baroque, the Church of Sao Bento XVI century which highlights the painted ceiling of the nave with vaulted Renaissance style Mudejar style.

Church of Sao Vicente de Fora

The Church of Sao Vicente de Fora where tradition secretly married King Pedro I and Dona Ines de Castro, both buried in the Church of the Monastery of Alcobaça, the Museo do Abbot of Baçal, installed in the old episcopal palace, and that exposed paint sacred art collections, regional ethnology and archeology.

Among Bragança and the Spanish border extends Montesinho Natural Park and beautiful natural surroundings and a protected area has a number of species of flora and fauna.

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