The Citânia de Briteiros is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in the Portuguese civil parish of Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia in the municipality of Guimarães; important for its size, "urban" form and developed architecture, it is one of the more excavated sites in northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Citânia de Briteiros is situated 3½ km east of Cuvinho.

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. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro is situated 3 km northwest of Cuvinho.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sande (São Martinho) and Espinho.

Sande (São Martinho)

Village

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Sande (São Martinho) is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Cuvinho.

Espinho

Village

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. Espinho is situated 3 km north of Cuvinho.

Barco

Village

Barco is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the Braga District of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 1,439, in an area of 3.02 km2. Barco is situated 3½ km southeast of Cuvinho.

Cuvinho

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Longos, Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

41.51897° or 41° 31′ 8″ north

Longitude

-8.35617° or 8° 21′ 22″ west

Elevation

240 metres (787 feet)

Open location code

8CHHGJ9V+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5159682376

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2740170

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