São Torcato
São Torcato is a town in Guimarães, Braga District. São Torcato is situated nearby to the neighborhood Assento, as well as near the hamlet Corredoura.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Feliciano Guimarães, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basilica of St. Torquatus and Capela de São Torcato.
Basilica of St. Torquatus
Church
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Basilica of St. Torquatus is a church.
Cadeia de Guimarães (Actual Estabelecimento Prisional Regional de Guimarães)
Prison
Photo: Reis Quarteu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cadeia de Guimarães (Actual Estabelecimento Prisional Regional de Guimarães) is a prison, which is situated 4 km southwest of São Torcato.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azurém and Aldão.
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. Azurém is situated 4 km southwest of São Torcato.
Aldão
Village
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldão is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the Braga District of Portugal.
Costa
Suburb
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Costa is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km south of São Torcato.
São Torcato
- Type: Town with 3,350 residents
- Description: town and civil parish in Guimarães
- Categories: freguesia of Portugal, town of Portugal, and locality
- Location: Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.4812° or 41° 28′ 52″ northLongitude
-8.259° or 8° 15′ 32″ westPopulation
3,350Elevation
283 metres (928 feet)Open location code
8CHHFPJR+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3132314338OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
8011228Wikidata ID
Q944848
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“São Torcato” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “São Torcato”
- Cebuano: “São Torcato”
- Chechen: “Сан-Торкату”
- Chinese: “São Torcato”
- Dutch: “Sao Torcato”
- Dutch: “São Torcato”
- French: “São Torcato”
- German: “São Torcato”
- Irish: “São Torcato”
- Kazakh: “Сан-Торкату”
- Malay: “São Torcato”
- Min Nan Chinese: “São Torcato”
- Portuguese: “Sao Torcato”
- Portuguese: “São Torcato”
- Russian: “Сан-Торкату”
- Spanish: “São Torcato”
- Tatar: “Сан-Торкату”
- Turkish: “São Torcato”
- Turkish: “Sao Vicente de Aljubarrota”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Торкату”
- “São Torcato”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Assento and Corredoura.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Banco de Apoio Social and Terreiro de São Torcato.
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