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Timeline Of Braga
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Braga, Portugal. Prior to 20th century * ca. 41 BCE - Installation of Roman milestones begins. * ca.16 BCE - Roman founded. * 3rd C. CE - Town walls built. Retrieved 10 November 2017 * ca.300 CE - Victor of Braga is martyred. * 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Braga established. * 5th C. CE - Suevi in power. * ca.450s - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga established. * ca.485 - Visigoths in power. * 561-563 - Religious council meets in Braga. * 572 - Religious council meets in Braga. * 675 - Religious council meets in Braga. * 8th C. - Moors in power. * 1040 - Braga taken by forces of Ferdinand I. * 1089 - Braga Cathedral consecrated. * 1093 - Braga becomes seat of royal court (until 1147). * 1417 - Fernando da Guerra becomes archbishop. * 1494 - Printing press in operation. * 1616 - Ponte do Prado (bridge) to Vila Verde rebuilt. * 1642 - Construction of Igreja de Santa Cruz (church) begins. * 1756 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Fernando Da Guerra
Fernando da Guerra (c. 1390 – 26 September 1467) was a Portuguese ecclesiastic. He was successively bishop of Algarve (1409–1414), bishop of Porto (1416–1417) and finally archbishop of Braga (1417–1467). He built the Braga's Archiepiscopal Court, containing the Medieval Hall and library. References and notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerra 1390 births 1467 deaths 14th-century Portuguese people 15th-century Portuguese people Bishops of Porto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archives In Portugal
This is a list of archives in Portugal. Archives in Portugal * * * * , University of Coimbra * , Coimbra District archives * (est. 1917), Braga Districtbr>* , Aveiro District * Arquivo Distrital de Beja * Arquivo Distrital de Bragança * Arquivo Distrital de Castelo Branco * Arquivo Distrital de Évora * Arquivo Distrital de Faro * Arquivo Distrital da Guarda * Arquivo Distrital de Leiria * Arquivo Distrital de Lisboa (abolished in 2012; materials transferred to the Torre do Tombo National Archive) * Arquivo Distrital de Portalegre * Arquivo Distrital do Porto (est. 1931* Arquivo Distrital de Santarém * Arquivo Distrital de Setúba* Arquivo Distrital de Viana do Castelo * Arquivo Distrital de Vila Rea* Arquivo Distrital de Viseu Municipalities of Portugal, Municipal archives Alentejo Region * Arquivo Municipal de Beja * Arquivo Municipal de Estremoz * Arquivo Municipal de Mértola * Arquivo Municipal de Moura * Arquivo Municipal de Reguengos de Monsaraz Algarve Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Circo
The Theatre Circo ( pt, Teatro Circo, links=no) is a 20th-century, Portuguese revivalist theatre, in the civil parish of São João do Souto, municipality of Braga. Designed by the architect João de Moura Coutinho, it was first inaugurated on 21 April 1915 with a performance of Ruggero Leoncavallo's operetta ''La reginetta delle rose'' ( pt, Rainha das Rosas, links=no). Following a storied history that included the first talking films, operas and public performances, the building was restored by the municipal council of Braga, and reopened in 2006. History On 25 February 1907, during a session of the municipal council of Braga, which was convened to approve the transfer of buildings, terrains and dependencies of the unoccupied Convent of Remédios ( pt, Convento dos Remédios, links=no), owing to the planned expansion of the ''Avenida da Liberidade''. The president of the municipal council, through the treasurer, took control of the Convent and the dependencies on the 19th o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braga District
The district of Braga ( pt, Distrito de Braga ) is a district in the northwest of Portugal. The district capital is the city of Braga, and it is bordered by the district of Viana do Castelo in the north, Vila Real in the east, Spain (Galicia) in the northeast and Porto in the south. Its area is and it has a population of 831,368. Municipalities The district comprises 14 municipalities: * Amares * Barcelos * Braga * Cabeceiras de Basto * Celorico de Basto * Esposende * Fafe * Guimarães * Póvoa de Lanhoso * Terras de Bouro * Vieira do Minho * Vila Nova de Famalicão * Vila Verde * Vizela Geography The district of Braga has a very rugged terrain, dominated by high altitudes to the east, close to the Spanish border and the border with the Vila Real district, and going down towards the western coast, cutting through the valleys of several rivers that flow from the north-east to the south-west. The highest altitudes are found in the Serra Amarela (1,361m), on the borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bom Jesus Do Monte Funicular
The Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular ( pt, Elevador do Bom Jesus do Monte), is a Portuguese funicular transport in civil parish of Nogueiró e Tenões, in the municipality of Braga, in the district of the same name. Operated by the Irmandade de Bom Jesus do Monte the funicular connects the upper-town of Braga with the Shrine on which it gets its name, over a distance that parallels the ''Escadaria de Bom Jesus'' (''Bom Jesus staircase'') to the highest point at the statue of Saint Longinus. History Construction on the tramway system began in April 1880, designed by Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard, under the direction of Swiss engineer Nikolaus Riggenbach, and financed by Bracarense businessman Manuel Joaquim Gomes, the principal shareholder of the Companhia de Carris of Braga. Gomes was interested in replacing the role of the horsecar (rail vehicles pulled by horses), which originally stretched to the Bom Jesus sanctuary, but was complemented by oxen up the steep hill on busy days. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramal De Braga
Ramal de Braga is a branch line in Portugal, which connects on the Linha do Minho Linha do Min ..., with . It was opened on 21 May 1875. and modernised in 2004.Reis ''et al'', 2006:202 See also * List of railway lines in Portugal * List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars * History of rail transport in Portugal References Sources * * * Bra Iberian gauge railways Railway lines opened in 1875 {{Europe-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HathiTrust
HathiTrust Digital Library is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via Google Books and the Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries. History HathiTrust was founded in October 2008 by the twelve universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the eleven libraries of the University of California. The partnership includes over 60 research libraries across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and is based on a shared governance structure. Costs are shared by the participating libraries and library consortia. The repository is administered by the University of Michigan. The executive director of HathiTrust is Mike Furlough. The HathiTrust Shared Print Program is a distributed collective collection whose participating libraries have committed to retaining almost 18 million monograph volumes for 25 years, representing three-quarters of HathiT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braga City Hall
The Braga Town Hall (in Portuguese ''Paços do Concelho de Braga'') is a landmark building located in Sé parish in the heart of Braga, Portugal. In there is located the headquarters of the ''Câmara Municipal'', the city local government. It is a work of the architect André Soares. The Town Hall, started in 1754, was completed in 1865. External link * {{Braga Town Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ... Government buildings completed in 1865 City and town halls in Portugal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Cross Church, Braga
The Holy Cross Church in Portuguese, Igreja de Santa Cruz is a Portuguese 17th century church in Braga, Portugal, dedicated to the Holy Cross. The Church of the Five Wounds in San Jose, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ... was modeled after the Holy Cross Church in Braga. See also * Holy Cross Church (other) {{Churches in Braga Roman Catholic churches in Braga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila Verde
Vila Verde () is a municipality in the district of Braga in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 46,446,Instituto Nacional de Estatística in an area of 228.67 km².Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país /ref> Vila Verde's current mayor, as of 26 September 2021, is Júlia Fernandes of the |
Ponte Do Prado
The Bridge of Prado ( pt, Ponte do Prado) is a bridge constructed over the Cávado River, in the civil parish of Vila de Prado, municipality of Vila Verde, in Norte Region, Portugal northern Portugal. Although originally a Roman bridge, it was re-constructed during the 16th century when the original had been destroyed following flooding and consistent use. There are few vestiges of the Roman bridge. History During the Roman occupation of the Iberian peninsula, there likely existed a bridge that integrated the Roman road between ''Bracara Augusta'' (Braga) and ''Asturica Augusta'' ( Astorga), passing through Ponte de Lima to the northeast territories around Tui. Between 1118 and 1128, the Archbishop Paio Mendes donated goods to the Templar Hospital in Braga, with the condition that two-thirds of their products should be used in the construction of the Ponte de Prado bridge. The Prado Bridge was one of the more important points in the geographic landscape of the medieval territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
