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

Celebrating Portuguese Independence

Postcard celebrating the revolution of 1910, a republican coup d'e??t that occurred in Portugal on 5th October 1910, which deposed King Manuel II and established the Portuguese First Republic. Pictured around a personification of Portugal include: President Joaquim Teofilo Fernandes Braga and the Ministers of War, the Navy, Jose Relvas - Minister of Finance, the Interior, Afonso Costa - Minister of Justice, the Foreign Office and Business. The deposed King Manuel is pictured somewhat unflatteringly at the base, being blasted out of office along with his military and religious allies. Date: 1910

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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

© Lebrecht