Espinho
Espinho is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 1,181, in an area of 4.48 km². The Sameiro Sanctuary is situated in Espinho.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro.
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte
Church
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The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portuguese Catholic shrine in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount.
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro
Church
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro or Sanctuary of Sameiro is a sanctuary and Marian shrine in Espinho, near the city of Braga, Portugal. The Shrine of Our Lady of Sameiro remains one of the most frequented places of Marian devotion in Portugal, the complex itself surpassed in size only by the Sanctuary of Fátima.
Capela de Santo António (Espinho, Braga)
Church
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capela de Santo António (Espinho, Braga) is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sobreposta and Tenões.
Sobreposta
Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sobreposta is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 1,301, in an area of 5.98 km2.
Tenões
Village
Nogueiró e Tenões is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, in the Portuguese district of the same name. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Nogueiró and Tenões. The population in 2011 was 5,129, in an area of 4.43 km2.
São Mamede de Este
Village
Este is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São Pedro and São Mamede. The population in 2011 was 3,837, in an area of 9.79 km². In São Mamede is located the Chamor Hill. São Mamede de Este is situated 2½ km north of Espinho.
Espinho
- Type: Village with 1,180 residents
- Description: civil parish in Braga
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Espinho, Braga, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.54778° or 41° 32′ 52″ northLongitude
-8.36172° or 8° 21′ 42″ westPopulation
1,180Elevation
459 metres (1,506 feet)Open location code
8CHHGJXQ+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 3149021108OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2739866Wikidata ID
Q1368251
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Espinho” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Espinho”
- Cebuano: “Espinho (parokya sa Distrito de Braga)”
- Cebuano: “Espinho”
- Chechen: “Эшпинью”
- Chinese: “Espinho”
- Dutch: “Espinho (Braga)”
- Dutch: “Espinho”
- French: “Espinho”
- German: “Espinho”
- Kazakh: “Эшпинью”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Espinho”
- Portuguese: “Espinho (Braga)”
- Portuguese: “Espinho”
- Russian: “Эшпинью”
- Spanish: “Espinho (Braga)”
- Spanish: “Espinho”
- Tatar: “Эшпинью”
- Turkish: “Espinho (Braga)”
- Turkish: “Espinho kaymakamlığı”
- Turkish: “Espinho”
- Ukrainian: “Ешпіню”
- “Espinho”
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