Braga District
Braga
Nogueiró e Tenões

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte

The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Catholic shrine in , outside the city of , in northern . Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount.
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  • Email: geral@bomjesus.pt
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church building in Braga, Braga District, Portugal
  • Also known as: “Basílica do Bom Jesus”, “Basilica of the Good Jesus of the Mount”, and “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Address: Nogueiró e Tenões, Braga

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castelo do Bom Jesus and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro.

Hotel
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hotel, which is situated 350 metres north of Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte.

Church
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Sanctuary of Sameiro is a sanctuary and Marian shrine in , near the city of , . 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 . is situated 1½ km southeast of Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte.

Church
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1 km northeast of Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tenões and Espinho.

Village
Nogueiró e is a civil parish in the municipality of , in the district of the same name. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Nogueiró and . The population in 2011 was 5,129, in an area of 4.43 km2.

Village
is a freguesia, located in the municipality of . The population in 2011 was 1,181, in an area of 4.48 km². The Sameiro Sanctuary is situated in .

Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC0.
is a parish in the municipality of . The population in 2011 was 5,286, in an area of 2.74 km2.

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte

Latitude
41.55475° or 41° 33′ 17″ north
Longitude
-8.37693° or 8° 22′ 37″ west
Elevation
419 metres (1,375 feet)
Open location code
8CHHHJ3F+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146373021
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Geo­Names ID
7729851
Wiki­data ID
Q2707216
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Belarusian: “Бом Жэсус ду Монтэ”
  • Catalan: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Catalan: “Bom Jesus”
  • Chinese: “山上仁慈耶稣朝圣所”
  • Chinese: “山上仁慈耶穌朝聖所”
  • Croatian: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Czech: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Danish: “Helligdommen Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Dutch: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • French: “Basilique du Bon Jésus”
  • French: “Sanctuaire Bon-Jésus-du-Mont de Braga”
  • French: “sanctuaire du Bon-Jésus-du-Mont de Braga”
  • Galician: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Galician: “Santuario do Bo Xesús do Monte”
  • Galician: “Santuario do Bom Jesus de Braga”
  • Galician: “Santuario do Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Georgian: “ბონ-ჟეზუში”
  • German: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Hebrew: “בום ז’זוש דו מונטה”
  • Indonesian: “Tempat Ziarah Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Italian: “Santuario del Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Italian: “santuario di Bom Jesus di Monte”
  • Japanese: “ブラガのボン・ジェズス・ド・モンテ聖域”
  • Japanese: “ボン・ジェズス・ド・モンテ”
  • Latvian: “Bonžezuša du Monte kalvārija”
  • Latvian: “Kalna Labā Jēzus kalvārija”
  • Macedonian: “Светилиште Бон Жесус ду Монте”
  • Maltese: “Santwarju ta‘ Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Maltese: “Santwarju ta’ Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Polish: “Sanktuarium Bom Jesus do Monte w Bradze”
  • Portuguese: “Bom Jesus de Braga”
  • Portuguese: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Portuguese: “Bom Jesus”
  • Portuguese: “Confraria do Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário do Bom Jesus de Braga”
  • Portuguese: “Santuario do Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário do Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Russian: “Бон-Жезуш (Брага)”
  • Russian: “Бон-Жезуш”
  • Slovak: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Slovenian: “Svetišče Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Spanish: “Basílica del Buen Jesús”
  • Spanish: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Spanish: “Santuario del Buen Jesus del Monte”
  • Spanish: “Santuario del Buen Jesús del Monte”
  • Spanish: “Santuario do Bom Jesus de Braga”
  • Turkish: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • Ukrainian: “Бон-Жезуш-ду-Монте”
  • Ukrainian: “Бон-Жезуш”
  • Ukrainian: “санктуарій Бон-Жезуш-ду-Монте”
  • Vietnamese: “Bom Jesus do Monte”
  • “Bom Jesus do Monte”

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