Citânia de Briteiros

The Citânia de Briteiros is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in the civil parish of Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia in the municipality of ; important for its size, "urban" form and developed architecture, it is one of the more excavated sites in northwestern .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: building in Guimarãeses, Braga District, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Briteiroseko kastro”, “Briteiroseko kastroa”, “castre de Briteiros”, “Castro de Briteiros”, “Citania de briteiros”, and “Citânia de briteiros”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Museu da Cultura Castreja and Citânia de Sabroso.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 1 km southwest of Citânia de Briteiros.

Archaeological site
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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.

Village
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is a Freguesia in the…

Village
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is a parish in the municipality of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Citânia de Briteiros.

Village
is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the of . is situated 3½ km south of Citânia de Briteiros.

Citânia de Briteiros

Latitude
41.52734° or 41° 31′ 38″ north
Longitude
-8.31583° or 8° 18′ 57″ west
Elevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)
Open location code
8CHHGMGM+WM
Geo­Names ID
6951748
Wiki­data ID
Q1094262
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Citânia de Briteiros” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Citânia de Briteiros”
  • Catalan: “Citânia de Briteiros”
  • Dutch: “Citânia de Briteiros”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيتانيا دى بريتييروس”
  • French: “Citânia de Briteiros”
  • Galician: “Citania 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: “Citânia de Briteiros”
  • Portuguese: “Citânia de Briteiros”
  • Spanish: “Citania de Briteiros”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Briteiros and Freguesia de Donim.

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Places to explore: Ribeira de Provências and Avepark.

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