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   Largo da Oliveira

   The Largo da Oliveira owes its name to a centuries-old olive-tree planted on this same site. Surrounded by picturesque houses that are typical of the north of Portugal, it is the ideal starting point for a walking tour of the city´s streets. But, in (...)

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   The Marian Sanctuary Way

   Close to Braga there are three major Portuguese sanctuaries dedicated to Mary, Mother of God.2.5 kilometres to the east of the city, there is the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte (Good Jesus of the Mount). This Baroque construction is surrounded by (...)

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   Old Vila Real

   Old Vila Real - along Carvalho Araújo AvenueIn the early years of the 20th century, a section of houses, was demolished, to open up this broad, well laid out avenue with its pavements in Portuguese cobbles. It was named in honour of Carvalho Araújo, (...)

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   Festival of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

   In the fifteenth century, close to the site where the shrine now stands was a small chapel dedicated to St Stephen. In the sixteenth century, the bishop of Lamego, D. Manuel de Noronha, commissioned from the "holy city" of Rome a statue of the (...)

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   Largo do Toural

   Whilst the atmosphere in Largo de São Tiago evokes memories of the city´s mediaeval past, the architecture of Largo do Toural highlights the great concern of the town planners in the 18th-century period of the Enlightenment with producing wide and (...)

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   Largo de São Tiago and Rua de Santa Maria

   Forming a very old part of the city, this square is surrounded by beautiful houses with typically northern features, simple three-storey 16th and 17th-century constructions, whose wooden balconies illustrate the great skill of the carpenters at that (...)

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   Organisations and Associations

   Federação Portuguesa de Montanhismo e Escalada

   
   
   Telephone: 227 310 161
   Fax: 227 310 161
   E-mail: gestao@fpme.org
   Website: http://www.fpme.org
   

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   Holy Week Ceremonies in Braga

   In Braga, which has been a diocese since the 3rd century, religion continues to play a dominant role at the heart of the community, and religious ceremonies are celebrated with great fervour. The most splendid of these is Easter. The city is (...)

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   Museums and Palaces

   Museu Arqueológico Martins Sarmento

   The Martins Sarmento Society is a cultural institution founded in 1881. It holds a diversified and valuable patrimony, including the Martins Sarmento Archaeological Museum, main reference of pre-roman cultures in Portugal and one of the most (...)
   
   Telephone: +351 253 415 969
   E-mail: sms@msarmento.org
   Website: http://www.csarmento.uminho.pt
   

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    Museu Nogueira da Silva

    The museum exhibits Portuguese and foreign painting, porcelain, faience, sculpture, tapestries, azulejos, silverware and ivory.
    
    Telephone: +351 253 601 275
    Fax: +351 253 264 036
    E-mail: sec@mns.uminho.pt
    Website: http://www.mns.uminho.pt
    

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