Guimarães Municipality
Guimarães is a city in Minho, northern Portugal. One of the country's most historical cities, it's known as the "Cradle of Portugal" since it was from there the "Condado Portucalense" grew into today's Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estádio D. Afonso Henriques and Castle of Guimarães.
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Stadium
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The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal. The stadium is home of Guimarães's most successful team, Vitória de Guimarães, presently competing in the top-flight Portuguese Liga.
Castle of Guimarães
Photo: fortes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Castle of Guimarães is the principal medieval castle in the municipality Guimarães, in the northern region of Portugal. It was built under the orders of Mumadona Dias in the 10th century to defend the monastery from attacks by Moors and Norsemen.
Vila Flor Palace
Community center
Photo: Halley Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Vila Flor Palace is an 18th-century palace and an important cultural hotspot of the city of Guimarães, Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Creixomil and Azurém.
Azurém
Village
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Azurém is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the Braga District of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 9,090, in an area of 2.9 km2. One of the campus of the University of Minho if located here.
Guimarães Municipality
- Also known as: “Guimaraes”
- Location: Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.4438° or 41° 26′ 38″ northLongitude
-8.2892° or 8° 17′ 21″ westPopulation
158,000Elevation
197 metres (646 feet)Open location code
8CHHCPV6+G8GeoNames ID
8010453
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Guimarães Municipality” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غيمارايس”
- Armenian: “Գիմարայնս”
- Belarusian: “Горад Гімарайнш”
- Bishnupriya: “গুইমারায়েস”
- Bulgarian: “Гимараеш”
- Chinese: “基馬拉斯”
- Georgian: “გიმარაინში”
- Greek: “Γκιμαράες”
- Japanese: “ギマランイス”
- Korean: “기마랑이스”
- Latin: “Vimaranes”
- Latvian: “Gimarainša”
- Lithuanian: “Gimarainsas”
- Marathi: “गिमार्येस”
- Mazanderani: “گویمارائس”
- Mirandese: “Guimaráes”
- Persian: “گویمارائس”
- Portuguese: “Guimarães”
- Russian: “Гимарайнш”
- Serbian: “Гимараис”
- Spanish: “Guimarães”
- Thai: “กีมาไรช์”
- Ukrainian: “Гімарайш”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Palácio da Justiça and Estátua da Condessa Mumadona Dias.
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