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A 16th-century map of Braga, when the city was enclosed by its mediaeval wall. The large building in the centre is the Cathedral, while the Episcopal Palace and courtyards can be seen above the cathedral and the ancient Castle of Braga Ponte de Prozelo, Braga
1914 - Braga electric tram begins operating. 1915 - Theatre Circo (theatre) opens. [12] 1917 - Arquivo Distrital de Braga founded. [15] 1918 - D. Diogo de Sousa Museum founded. [12] 1919 - Diário do Minho newspaper begins publication. [16] 1921 - S.C. Braga (football club) formed. 1926 - 28 May 1926 coup d'état begins in Braga. [17]
He turned Braga into his capital and promoted the building of the cathedral. He is buried in a 16th-century tomb in the Chapel of the Kings. Theresa, Countess and Queen of Portugal (1080-1130): Theresa of León was married to Count Henry in 1094. Her 16th-century tomb is also located in the Chapel of the Kings.
Leodegisius becomes bishop of Braga. Council (Ecumenical Synod) of Braga. 680 – Erwig becomes king of the Visigoths. 681 – Liuva becomes bishop of Braga. 688 – Faustinus becomes bishop of Braga. 693 – Félix becomes bishop of Braga. Félix of Braga was the last bishop of Braga to reside there until 1070, due to the Moorish invasion.
The history of Portugal can be traced from circa 400,000 years ago, when the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Homo heidelbergensis.. The Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, which lasted almost two centuries, led to the establishment of the provinces of Lusitania in the south and Gallaecia in the north of what is now Portugal.
At the beginning of the 16th century, Archbishop D. Diogo de Sousa broke the walls of Braga, constructing a new town, following his tastes for Renaissance architecture and thinking. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Another his contemporaries, the Bracarense D. Friar Bartolomeu dos Mártires, whose coat-of-arms figures into the pillory of Braga also had an important ...
Main façade of Braga Cathedral. The entrance gallery (galilee) with three arches is gothic (end of the 15th century), but the towers and upper storeys are early baroque (17th century). The Cathedral of Braga was rebuilt in the 1070s by Bishop Pedro and consecrated in 1089, although only the apse was finished at the time. He wished to create a ...
The city of Braga in 1594, as depicted by the Atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg.. Several church councils were held in Braga in the Middle Ages.The Archdiocese of Braga was the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province and it was the chief bishopric of the Kingdom of Galicia during the Suevic period and in the High Middle Ages, whilst a part of the Kingdom of ...