Braga
Braga | ||||||
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Basic data | ||||||
Region : | Norte | |||||
Sub-region : | Cávado | |||||
District : | Braga | |||||
Concelho : | Braga | |||||
Coordinates : | 41 ° 33 ′ N , 8 ° 26 ′ W | |||||
Residents: | 181,494 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 183.42 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 989 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Postal code : | 470x-xxx | |||||
Braga County | ||||||
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Residents: | 181,494 (as of June 30, 2011) | |||||
Surface: | 183.42 km² (as of January 1, 2010) | |||||
Population density : | 989 inhabitants per km² | |||||
Number of municipalities : | 37 | |||||
administration | ||||||
Administration address: | Câmara Municipal de Braga Praça do Município 4704-514 Braga |
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President of the Câmara Municipal: | Ricardo Rio ( Partido Social Democrata ) | |||||
Website: | www.cm-braga.pt |
Braga [ 'bɾagɐ ] is a city and a district in the north of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name . The urban area, divided into 23 municipalities, had around 182,000 inhabitants in 2011. Braga is the seat of the Archbishop-Primate of Portugal . In 2012 it was the European Youth Capital .
geography
The European route E805 runs through Braga.
history
The Iron Age Bracari may have named the place Bracari. A pre-Roman settlement of the place is not proven.
Around 138/37 BC the Romans conquered the country under Decimus Brutus . They founded in the year 3 BC At this point the Roman city of Bracara Augusta and made it the capital of a judicial district ( Conventus ), the Conventus Bracarensis . In 283 the city became the capital of the province of Gallaecia . In the course of the Great Migration, Braga became the capital of the Suebi Empire in 411 , which became Visigothic in 586 . In 561 and 572 councils were held in Braga that condemned pagan practices.
After 711 the area fell to the Moors , but the Christians managed to recapture it early as part of the Reconquista , with Braga becoming part of the county of Porto , from which the Empire of Portugal developed.
It is not known when Braga was granted city rights .
economy
- Grundig produced on-board units for the German truck toll system from Toll Collect at the Braga plant .
- Delphi Grundig produces car radios and navigation systems for original equipment manufacturers in Europe and North America at the Braga plant.
- Robert Bosch GmbH produces car radios, navigation systems and other electronic products for original equipment manufacturers in Europe, North America and Asia in the Braga plant.
Public facilities
Educational institutions
Leisure and sports facilities
- The Estádio Municipal de Braga football stadium of the Sporting Braga football club , where two matches of the 2004 European Football Championship took place.
- The sports hall complex Pavilhão Flávio Sá Leite is home to ABC Braga , one of the most successful handball clubs in Portugal.
Culture and sights
Attractions
- Fonte do Ídolo (Roman rock wall with reliefs and spring ), dedicated to the Lusitan gods Nabia and Tongoenabiagus
- Praça da República (main square in the center)
- Jardim de Santa Bárbara
- Bom Jesus do Monte , pilgrimage church (approx. 5 km northeast of Braga) Via Sacra with 600 steps and 14 station chapels and with Elevador do Bom Jesus
- Santuário do Sameiro , after Fátima, the second largest Marian shrine in Portugal
- Estádio Municipal (football stadium)
- Santa Cruz Church
- Sé Velha Cathedral with
- the Capela dos Reis (Royal Chapel). Here are the sarcophagi made in 1513 by Heinrich of Burgundy († 1122) and his wife Teresa († 1130) as well as the tomb of Archbishop Lourenço Vicente Coutinho, who died in 1397.
- the Capela de São Geraldo with a wooden reclining figure of the Archbishop.
- the Capela da Glória with wall paintings in Mudejar style and the sarcophagus of Archbishop Gonçalo Pereira († 1336)
- the tower chapel, in which the Flemish tomb of Infante Afonso (1400) made of gilded copper is kept.
- the late Gothic choir
- the Manueline baptismal font
- the council chapel depicting the life of the first bishop of Braga, São Pedro de council, made of azulejo panels
- the Museum of Religious Art of the Museu da Sé Cathedral with the São Geraldo chalice
- the cloister
- the treasury
- Antigo Paço Episcopal , former episcopal palace
- Palácio dos Biscainhos , a city palace from the 18th century, now a museum
- Capela de São Frutuoso (north, just outside Braga)
- Torre de Santiago
- Sete Fontes (Seven Fountains)
- Câmara Municipal , old town hall from 1754
- Tibães Monastery , mother monastery of the Benedictines in Portugal and Brazil, 6 km northeast of the city center
theatre
- Theatro Circo
- Espaço Alternativo PT
Regular events
- Braga Jazz (March)
- Book Fair (March)
- Feira Romana (May)
- Processions on the feast of John the Baptist (June 23/24)
- Mimarte - Theater Festival (July)
- International Folklore Festival (August)
Town twinning
Sister cities of Braga are
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sons and daughters of the town
- Engratia of Saragossa (280–303), canonized martyr
- Gabriel Pereira de Castro (1571–1632), lawyer, clergyman and writer, author of the epic Ulisseia
- Domingos Leite Pereira (1882–1956), Prime Minister of Portugal
- Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes (1894–1962), bishop
- José Luís da Cruz Vilaça (* 1944), lawyer and university professor
- Isabel Pires de Lima (* 1952), politician and cultural scientist
- Miguel Macedo (* 1959), lawyer and politician, Minister of the Interior in the Passos Coelho cabinet
- António da Conceição Silva Oliveira (* 1961), football player and coach
- Carlos Carvalhal (* 1965), football player and coach
- Maria Luís Albuquerque (* 1967), economist and university professor, finance minister from July 1, 2013
- Ricardo Rio (* 1973), politician, Mayor of Braga
- Filipe Oliveira (* 1984), football player
- Emanuel Silva (* 1985), canoeist
- Carole da Silva Costa (* 1990), soccer player
- José Sá (* 1993), football goalkeeper
- João Carlos Teixeira (* 1993), football player
- Diogo Dalot (* 1999), football player
Braga County
administration
Braga is the seat of a district of the same name. The neighboring areas are (starting clockwise in the north): Amares , Póvoa de Lanhoso , Guimarães , Vila Nova de Famalicão , Barcelos and Vila Verde .
With the regional reform in September 2013 , several municipalities were merged into new municipalities, so that the number of municipalities decreased from 62 to 37.
The following municipalities ( freguesias ) are in the Braga county:
local community | Population (2011) |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
LAU code |
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Adaúfe | 3.711 | 10.81 | 343 | 030301 |
Arentim e Cunha | 1,530 | 5.72 | 267 | 030363 |
Braga (Maximinos, Sé e Cividade) | 14,572 | 2.57 | 5,677 | 030364 |
Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto) | 14.301 | 2.43 | 5,881 | 030365 |
Cabreiros e Passos (São Julião) | 2.165 | 4.79 | 452 | 030366 |
Celeirós, Aveleda e Vimieiro | 6,671 | 7.57 | 881 | 030367 |
Crespos e Pousada | 1,347 | 7.34 | 184 | 030368 |
Escudeiros e Penso | 1,864 | 8.04 | 232 | 030369 |
Espinho | 1,181 | 4.48 | 264 | 030312 |
Esporões | 1,709 | 4.74 | 360 | 030313 |
Estonian | 3,837 | 9.79 | 392 | 030370 |
Ferreiros e Gondizalves | 9,148 | 4.26 | 2.149 | 030371 |
Figueiredo | 1,198 | 2.03 | 591 | 030315 |
Gualtar | 5,286 | 2.74 | 1.932 | 030319 |
Guisande e Oliveira | 1,053 | 4.71 | 224 | 030372 |
Llamas | 842 | 1.25 | 672 | 030322 |
Lomar e Arcos | 6,805 | 4.01 | 1,696 | 030373 |
Merelim, Panoias e Parada de Tibães | 5,363 | 5.36 | 1,001 | 030374 |
Merelim e Frossos | 3,726 | 3.15 | 1,183 | 030375 |
Mire de Tibães | 2,437 | 4.36 | 559 | 030325 |
Morreira e Trandeiras | 1,447 | 4.54 | 319 | 030376 |
Nogueira, Fraião e Lamaçães | 13,054 | 8.40 | 1,555 | 030377 |
Nogueiró e Tenões | 5,129 | 4.43 | 1,158 | 030378 |
Padim da Graça | 1,521 | 3.39 | 448 | 030330 |
Palmeira | 5,468 | 8.88 | 616 | 030331 |
Pedralva | 1.110 | 8.07 | 138 | 030334 |
Priscos | 1,341 | 3.65 | 367 | 030336 |
Real, Dume e Semelhe | 11,700 | 8.46 | 1,382 | 030379 |
Rest | 1,142 | 2.20 | 518 | 030338 |
Santa Lucrécia de Algeriz e Navarra | 994 | 6.22 | 160 | 030380 |
Sao Vicente | 13,236 | 2.55 | 5,190 | 030349 |
São Victor | 29,642 | 4.08 | 7,258 | 030351 |
Sequeira | 1,811 | 4.35 | 416 | 030354 |
Sobreposta | 1,301 | 5.98 | 218 | 030355 |
Tadim | 1,143 | 2.68 | 426 | 030356 |
Tebosa | 1,129 | 2.59 | 437 | 030357 |
Vilaça e Fradelos | 1,580 | 2.80 | 565 | 030381 |
Braga County | 181.494 | 183.42 | 989 | 0303 |
literature
- Emil Huebner : Bracara Augusta . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 802.
Web links
- Map of the Concelho Braga at the Instituto Geográfico do Exército
- Official website of the Braga County
- The city's unofficial online portal
- Universidade do Minho
- SC Braga
supporting documents
- ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
- ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Official Page (Engl.) ( Memento of the original dated 4 May 2012 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 15, 2012
- ↑ Overview of the existing city partnerships in Braga at the umbrella organization of the Portuguese municipal administrations (ANMP), accessed on December 14, 2017
- ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014