Braga, Portugal · Tradition
Christianity sacred sites in Braga, Portugal
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Braga Cathedral
Braga, Braga, Portugal
Consecrated in 1089, Braga Cathedral is Portugal's oldest cathedral and the seat of the country's Archbishop-Primate....
Church of Bom Jesus da Cruz
Barcelos, Braga, Portugal
In December 1504, a black cross reportedly appeared in the earth of Barcelos's fairground, spreading until it formed a shape that, according to local memory, no shovel...
Church of Santa Maria Madalena da Falperra
Braga, Braga, Portugal
On a ridge above Braga, a granite Baroque facade rises where a medieval chapel once stood — rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake into one of André Soares's most celebrated...
Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães
Braga, Braga, Portugal
For more than two and a half centuries, Tibães governed a network of Benedictine houses across Portugal and Brazil as their mother house — until the 1834 dissolution of...
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte
Braga, Braga, Portugal
Above Braga, a zigzagging Baroque staircase rises through fountains and chapels toward a hilltop basilica — a Sacro Monte built after the Counter-Reformation to let...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Abadia
Amares, Braga, Portugal
Above the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria do Bouro, near Amares in the Minho, an eight-chapel Via Sacra climbs to a Marian sanctuary local tradition holds as one of...
Sanctuary of São Bento da Porta Aberta
Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal
Above the Cávado river valley at the edge of Peneda-Gerês National Park, the Sanctuary of São Bento da Porta Aberta has kept its doors open, by tradition and by policy,...
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