Braga Gallery

Houses in the historic center of GuimarA£es

GuimarA£es is a portuguese city of Braga District, with about 52, 000 inhabitants in the core and about 161, 876 within the municipality.
The historic city of GuimarA£es is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the twelfth century. Is an exceptionally well preserved example of the evolution of a medieval town into a modern city with a rich typology edificativa to show the development of Portuguese architecture between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries with the continued use of techniques and traditional building materials.
The historic center of GuimarA£es was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001.
GuimarA£es, along with Maribor, was European Capital of Culture in 2012

Bom Jesus do Monte Baroque Church & staircase

Bom Jesus do Monte Baroque Church & staircase, Braga, Minho Province, Portugal
Bom Jesus do Monte Baroque Church & staircase, Braga, Minho Province, Portugal
Bom Jesus do Monte Baroque Church and staircase Braga Minho. Portugal Europe

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Provisional government of the Portuguese Republic

Provisional government of the Portuguese Republic - proclaimed on 12 October 1910. From illustration of period by S. Begg. In the foreground with his elbow on the table, President Theophile Braga. Behind him, Minister of Public Works Gomes; to his right, Minister of the Interior Jose Almeida; in from oh him, Minister for Foreign Affairs Barnardino Machado (left) and Minister of Justice Alfonso Costa

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