Braga

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Braga
coat of arms map
Braga coat of arms
Braga (Portugal)
Braga
Basic data
Region : Norte
Sub-region : Cávado
District : Braga
Concelho : Braga
Coordinates : 41 ° 33 ′  N , 8 ° 26 ′  W 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
flag map
Braga flag Location of the district of Braga
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
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

Culture and sights

The Fonte do Ídolo spring

Attractions

Sé Velha Cathedral
    • 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

Procession on June 24, 2009

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)
  • Pictures of the city

  • Praça da República

  • Santuário do Sameiro

  • Bom Jesus do Monte

  • Christmas 2010 in Braga


Town twinning

Sister cities of Braga are

sons and daughters of the town

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:

Braga County
Braga freguesias before the 2013 territorial reform
local community Population
(2011) 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		LAU
code
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

Web links

Commons : Braga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ a b Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ 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  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bragacej2012.com
  4. ↑ Overview of the existing city partnerships in Braga at the umbrella organization of the Portuguese municipal administrations (ANMP), accessed on December 14, 2017
  5. ^ Publication of the administrative reorganization in the Diário da República gazette of January 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2014