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Garden in the middle Did You Know?
of the Romanesque
Sé‘s cloisters
The Archbishop of
Santiago stole Braga’s
precious relics in the
3 12th century because
BRAGA city’s status.
he was jealous of the

! E1 £ Largo da Estacão @ Praça da Galiza n Avenida da 2 "
Liberdade 1; 253 262 550
Palácio dos Biscainhos
Churches, grand 18th-century houses and pretty
gardens characterize Braga’s centre. The city hosts ⌂ Rua dos Biscainhos
§ 253 204 650 # Tue–Sun
some of Portugal’s most colourful festivals. Semana
Santa is celebrated with dramatic, solemn processions, To the west of the city centre
while the festival of São João in June is a lively affair. is the Palácio dos Biscainhos. R U A DA F EI R A
Built in the 16th century and R U A D A F E IRA DE MATOS
Central de
modified over the centuries, it AVE ANTÓNIO MACEDO LOUR EIRA RUA A BADE Camionagem
The cathedral also houses the is adorned by painted blue-
1 " Treasury or Museu de Arte and-white azulejos depicting RUA SÃO MARTINHO RUA GABRIEL PERREIRA DE CASTRO
AV. GEN. NORTON
Sé Sacra, which contains a rich PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO RUA DE SÃO VICENTE R U A SÃO BA R N ABÉ
collection of ecclesiastical Mercado
⌂ Rua Dom Paio Mendes RUA CAMPO DAS PARRETAS
§ Museu de Arte Sacra: 253 treasures as well as statues, PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO RU A DO CARVALHAL
263 317 # Daily carvings and azulejo tiles. DRINK RUA DO FERRAZ DO CARMO RUA RUA DE SANTO ANDRÉ
Several chapels can be seen
Braga’s cathedral, the oldest in the courtyard and cloister. T ÚNEL DA PRAÇA CONDE DE AGROLONGO
in Portugal, was begun in the The Capela dos Reis houses Café Brasileira R UA DA BOAVI STA RUA SÃO MARTINHO PRAÇA PRAÇA RUA DOS CHÃOS
CONDE DE
11th century, when Henry of the tombs of the founders, Sip drip-brewed coffee CONSELHEIRO AGROLONGO Bom Jesus do Monte
TORRES
Burgundy decided to build on Henry of Burgundy and his at historic Brasileira. CIRCULAR NORTE DE BRAGA DE ALMEIDA R . DOS CAPELIST AS 4 km (2 miles)
the site of an older church, wife Dona Teresa, as well as Furnished in 19th- R U A DA B OAV I S TA Igreja do R U A D E SA N TO A NTÓ Jardim de AVENIDA CENTRAL
Santa
Bárbara
destroyed in the 6th century. the preserved body of the century salon style, this Mosteiro Palácio dos Pópulo Antigo Paço JUSTINO CRUZ Torre de PRAÇA DA
Biscainhos
REPÚBLICA
Since then the Romanesque 14th-century archbishop Dom café opened in 1907 as a de Tibães R UA IRMÃOS R O B Y Episcopal Menagem AVE. CENTRAL
building has seen many Lourenço Vicente. wholesale coffee shop Palácio dos Câmara MUNICIPAL R U A D O S O U T O
Jardim do
PRAÇA N IO
Igreja dos
Café
changes, including the After admiring the interior where patrons were Biscainhos Municipal R U A D I O G O D E S O U S A Brasileira Congregados
addition of a graceful galilee of the cathedral, walk around offered a cup of Capela dos
Coimbras
(porch) in the late 15th the outside of the building to steaming coffee with R U A A N D R A D E C O R V O Sé RUA DE SÃO JOÃO R. S. MARCOS AVE DA LIBERDADE
century. Outstanding features Rua de São João. Here, on the their purchase of LARGO DA CAMPO DAS RUA DO CABIDO FORNO R. DO LARGO
HORTAS
include the chapel to the cathedral’s wall, you will find a coffee beans. ESTAÇÃO CARLOS
AMARANTE
Capela de
right, just inside the west statue of Nossa Senhora do ⌂ Largo do Barão de RUA DO VISCONDE RUA DOM FREI CAETANO BRANDÃO R U A DOM AFO NSO HE N R I QUES Conceiçao
DE PINDELA
door, housing the ornate Leite (Our Lady of the Milk), São Martinho 17 Museu R U A D O A NJO Santa
Cruz
Pio XII
15th-century tomb of the symbol of the city of Braga, § 253 262 104 LARGO R. DOS FALCÕES
first-born son of João I, Dom sheltered under an ornate Railway R U A C A R D O S O R U A C R U Z D A P E D R A RUA DO MATADOURO R . JE RO N I M O P IM E NT E L SÃO TIAGO Palácio
Station
do Raio
LARGO
Afonso, who died as a child. Gothic canopy. R U A D E C A I R E S RUA SÃO PAULO SANTIAGO 0 metres 250 N
A V E L I N O
Capela de
274 São Sebastião RUA DO ALCAIDE 0 yards 250
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