Aldão
Aldão is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the Braga District of Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle of Guimarães and Estádio D. Afonso Henriques.
Castle of Guimarães
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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.
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.
Padrão do Salado
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The Padrão Comemorativo da Batalha do Salado, commonly referred to as just Padrão do Salado, is a 14th-century gothic monument located in the freguesia of Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião, inside the Historic Center of Guimarães area, in Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azurém and Creixomil.
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.
Fermentões
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fermentões is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Aldão.
Aldão
- Type: Village with 1,290 residents
- Description: civil parish in Guimarães
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.4644° or 41° 27′ 52″ northLongitude
-8.2737° or 8° 16′ 25″ westPopulation
1,290Elevation
259 metres (850 feet)Open location code
8CHHFP7G+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3102162003OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8011170Wikidata ID
Q1023210
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Aldão” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Aldão”
- Cebuano: “Aldão”
- Chechen: “Алдан (Португали)”
- Chechen: “Алдан”
- Chinese: “Aldão”
- Chinese: “阿尔当”
- Dutch: “Aldao”
- Dutch: “Aldão”
- French: “Aldão”
- German: “Aldão”
- Italian: “Aldão”
- Kazakh: “Aldan”
- Kazakh: “Алдан”
- Kazakh: “الدان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aldão”
- Portuguese: “Aldao”
- Portuguese: “Aldão”
- Russian: “Алдан (Португалия)”
- Russian: “Алдан”
- Spanish: “Aldão”
- Tatar: “Алдан (Португалия)”
- Tatar: “Алдан”
- Turkish: “Aldão”
- Ukrainian: “Алдан (Португалія)”
- Ukrainian: “Алдан”
- “Aldão”
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