Braga

Geography

The city of Braga is crossed by the Rio Este. It is bordering:

in north, of the municipality of Amares,
in the east of the Póvoa de Lanhoso,
in the south-east of Guimarães,
in the south, of Villa Nova de Famalicão,
in the west, of Barcelos
and in the North-East, of Villa Verde.

History

The city has a long history of more than 2.000 years. Under the Roman Empire, it probably bore the name of Bracara Augusta in Latin because rested by the emperor Auguste in the neighborhoods of -16. With the creation of the conventi by Vespasien, it became capital conventus bracarensis and gradually acquired an economic and religious importance in the North-West of the Iberian peninsula.

It was connected to Asturica Augusta , today Astorga by the Roman way Via Nova (n° XVIII).

Braga accepted its Charte (" foral") in 1537.

Demography

Transport

Park: The station of Braga is located at the South-west of the city.

Bus: Braga has an important network of bus.

Roads: Braga has a peripheral which makes it tower of the city in 2x3 ways, limited to 70 km/h, like 2 tunnels.

N101 crosses the city of north to the south with important a 3 km length tunnel which crosses the downtown area to move towards Fafe to the South of the city, it is in 2x2 ways.

A11 highway which leaves the east of Braga and which circumvents the city by the east and will join until Guimarães. It is in 2x2 ways.

Religion

Braga is the seat of the Archidiocèse of Braga directed by the archbishop of Braga which carries the old title of Primat of Spain. Most known of the archbishops of Braga was the brother Bartolomeu back Mártires.

The city sheltered, of 561 with 563, the I {{er}} council of Braga, then the II {{E}} council of Braga in 571.

The title of “Primat of the Spain S” is traditionally disputed between the archbishop of Braga and the archbishop of Tolède (Castille).

It there also a Cathedral of Braga.

Sports

Braga has a team of Football evolving/moving in Superliga, the Sporting Club of Braga, domiciled with the municipal Stade of Braga. The city is also famous thanks to its club of handball, the ABC (Andebol Braga Club) which was illustrated by many championships like by a final of C1 in the middle of the Nineties.

Media

Local radios based in the suburbs of Braga:

Antena Minho (Information on the area, Music Traditional) (Palmeira)

Nov3cinco (Techno, Dance) (Amares)

But FM (Rock'n'roll, Pop music) (Amares)

Radio operator Universitaira C Minho (Nogueiro)

Radios based in the district of Braga:

DIGITAL FM (Famalicão)

Fundação FM (Guimarães)

Radio operator Barcelos (Barcelos)

Radio operator Esposende (Esposende)

Personalities

Marie Myriam, French singer victorious with the Eurovision of 1977, was born there in 1957.

Twinnings

Santo Andre (Brazil, State de São Paulo),
São Nicolau (Cape Verde),
Astorga (Spain, Province of León),
Clermont-Ferrand (France, Puy-de-Dôme),
Puteaux (France, Hauts-de-Seine), since 2001,
Bissorá or Bissorã (Guinea-Bissau),

Subdivisions

The municipality of Braga groups 62 parishes (Freguesia, in Portuguese), distributed as follows.

; 23 “urban” parishes:

Arcos
Cividade
Dume
Espinho
Ferreiros
Fraião
Frossos
Gondizalves
Gualtar
Lamaçães
Lomar
Maximinos
Nogueira
Nogueiró
Real
São João C Souto
São Jose de São Lázaro
São Pedro de Este
São Vicente
São Vítor
Semelhe
Tenões

; 22 parishes with “urban prevalence”:

Adaúfe
Aveleda
Cabreiros
Celeirós
Esporões
Figueiredo
Spangled
Mire of Tibães
Padim da Graça
Palmeira
Panóias
Parada of Tibães
Priscos
Ruilhe
São Mamede de Este
São Paio de Merelim
São Pedro de Merelim
Sequeira
Sobreposta
Trandeiras
Vilaça
Vimieiro

; 17 “fairly urban” parishes:

Arentim
Crespos
Cunha
Escudeiros
Fradelos
Guisande
Morreira
Navarra
São Julião back Passos
Pedralva
Pousada
Santa Lucrécia de Algeriz
Santo Estêvão C Penso
São Pedro de Oliveira
São Vicente C Penso
Tadim
Tebosa

See too

Funicular of Bom Jesus

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