Citânia de Briteiros
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: building in Guimarãeses, Braga District, Portugal
- Also known as: “Citania de Briteiros”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museu da Cultura Castreja and Citânia de Sabroso.
Museu da Cultura Castreja
Museum
Photo: Nunogand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museu da Cultura Castreja is a museum, which is situated 1 km southwest of Citânia de Briteiros.
Citânia de Sabroso
Archaeological site
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Citânia de Sabroso is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Citânia de Briteiros.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santo Emilião and Sobreposta.
Santo Emilião
Village
Photo: Carlos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santo Emilião is a Portuguese Freguesia in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso, it has an area of 1.74 km2 and 890 inhabitants. It has a population density of 510 people per km.²…
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. Sobreposta is situated 3½ km northwest of Citânia de Briteiros.
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 south of Citânia de Briteiros.
Citânia de Briteiros
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Citânia de Briteiros” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Briteiroseko kastro”
- Basque: “Briteiroseko kastroa”
- Basque: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Catalan: “castre de Briteiros”
- Catalan: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Dutch: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- French: “Citania de Briteiros”
- French: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Galician: “Castro de Briteiros”
- Galician: “Citania de Briteiros”
- Galician: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- German: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Italian: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Japanese: “シタニア・デ・ブリテイロス”
- Latvian: “Briteirušas citānija”
- Polish: “Citania de Briteiros”
- Polish: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Portuguese: “Citania de Briteiros”
- Portuguese: “Citânia de briteiros”
- Portuguese: “Citânia de Briteiros”
- Spanish: “Castro de Briteiros”
- Spanish: “Citania de briteiros”
- Spanish: “Citania de Briteiros”
- Spanish: “Citânia de Briteiros”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Citânia de Briteiros”. Photo: Lansbricae, CC BY-SA 3.0.