Domus Municipalis
The Domus Municipalis is a Romanesque building in the northeastern municipality of Bragança in Portugal. The exact function of this building, even after research completed in the 20th century, is still largely unknown: it could have served as cistern, but there are doubts if this was its primary function.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lídia Maria Faria, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museu Ibérico da Máscara e do Traje and Pillory of Bragança.
Museu Ibérico da Máscara e do Traje
Museum
Photo: Jufsferreira, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museu Ibérico da Máscara e do Traje is a museum.
Pillory of Bragança
Photo: Garsd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pillory of Bragança is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial significance, erected over a four-step octagonal platform, located in the civil parish of Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo, municipality of Bragança.
Museu do Abade de Baçal
Museum
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Museu do Abade de Baçal is a museum, which is situated 400 metres northwest of Domus Municipalis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samil and Gimonde.
Samil
Village
Photo: Karsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samil is a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,246, in an area of 10.25 km2. Samil is situated 3 km south of Domus Municipalis.
Gimonde
Village
Photo: Rosino, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gimonde is a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 341, in an area of 16.50 km2. Gimonde is situated 4 km east of Domus Municipalis.
São Pedro de Sarracenos
Village
São Pedro de Sarracenos is a civil parish in the municipality of Bragança, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 366, in an area of 15.91 km2. São Pedro de Sarracenos is situated 4½ km south of Domus Municipalis.
Domus Municipalis
- Type: Building
- Description: building in Bragança, Bragança District, Portugal
- Categories: palace, cultural heritage, and historic site
- Location: Sé, Santa Maria e Meixedo, Bragança, Braganza District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.80348° or 41° 48′ 13″ northLongitude
-6.74916° or 6° 44′ 57″ westElevation
697 metres (2,287 feet)Open location code
8CHMR732+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 184186609OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=townhallGeoNames ID
11818552Wikidata ID
Q3323504
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Domus Municipalis” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Domus Municipalis”
- Dutch: “Domus Municipalis”
- French: “Domus Municipalis”
- Galician: “Domus Municipalis”
- German: “Domus Municipalis”
- Portuguese: “Antigos Paços Municipais de Bragança”
- Portuguese: “Domus Municipalis de Braganca”
- Portuguese: “Domus Municipalis de Bragança”
- Spanish: “Domus Municipalis”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Domus Municipalis”. Photo: Lídia Maria Faria, CC BY-SA 4.0.