Pencelo
Pencelo is a village in Guimarães, Braga District. Pencelo is situated nearby to the neighborhood Urbanização São João, as well as near the village Selho (São Lourenço).| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,260 residents
- Description: civil parish in Guimarães
- Also known as: “Penselo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estádio D. Afonso Henriques and Castle of Guimarães.
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Casa e Quinta de Minotes
Manor estate
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Casa e Quinta de Minotes is a manor estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Creixomil and Azurém.
Azurém
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Pencelo
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal and locality
- Location: Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.4708° or 41° 28′ 15″ northLongitude
-8.2986° or 8° 17′ 55″ westPopulation
1,260Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)Open location code
8CHHFPC2+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 3132150499OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8011201Wikidata ID
Q1022705
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Satellite Map
Discover Pencelo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Pencelo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Pencelo”
- Cebuano: “Pencelo”
- Chechen: “Пенселу”
- Chinese: “Pencelo”
- Dutch: “Pencelo”
- French: “Pencelo”
- German: “Pencelo”
- Kazakh: “Penselw”
- Kazakh: “Пенселу”
- Kazakh: “پەنسەلۋ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pencelo”
- Portuguese: “Pencelo”
- Russian: “Пенселу”
- Spanish: “Pencelo”
- Tatar: “Пенселу”
- Turkish: “Pencelo”
- Ukrainian: “Пенселу”
- “Pencelo”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Urbanização São João and Selho (São Lourenço).
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Igreja de Penselo and Cemitério de Penselo.
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