Congregados Basilica
The Congregados Basilica in Portuguese, Basílica dos Congregados is a Portuguese 18th-century baroque Basilica in Braga, Portugal. The church, a project from the architect André Soares, is flanked on the top by two bell towers, one of which was finished in the 1960s.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Description: church in Braga, Portugal
- Also known as: “Basilica dos Congregados”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Convento, Colégio e Igreja dos Congregados, também denominado «da Congregação de São Filipe Néri» and Theatre Circo.
Convento, Colégio e Igreja dos Congregados, também denominado «da Congregação de São Filipe Néri»
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Convento, Colégio e Igreja dos Congregados, também denominado «da Congregação de São Filipe Néri» is a church.
Theatre Circo
Theater building
Photo: Sara silva, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Theatre Circo is a 20th-century, Portuguese revivalist theatre, in the civil parish of São João do Souto, municipality of Braga. Designed by the architect João de Moura Coutinho, it was first inaugurated on 21 April 1915 with a performance of Ruggero Leoncavallo's operetta La reginetta delle rose. Theatre Circo is situated 210 metres southwest of Congregados Basilica.
Nogueira da Silva Museum
Museum
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nogueira da Silva Museum is located in Braga, Portugal. The museum consists of the legacy bequeathed by the entrepreneur Nogueira da Silva to the University of Minho. Nogueira da Silva Museum is situated 150 metres north of Congregados Basilica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São João do Souto and Sé.
São João do Souto
Suburb
Braga is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes São José de São Lázaro and São João do Souto.
Sé
Suburb
Braga is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Maximinos, Sé and Cividade. The population in 2011 was 14,572, in an area of 2.57 km2.
São Vicente
Suburb
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São Vicente is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 13,236, in an area of 2.55 km². In São Vicente is located the Faculty of Philosophy part of Catholic University of Portugal, the Escola Secundária Sá de Miranda and the Colégio D.
Congregados Basilica
- Categories: basilica and religion
- Location: União das freguesias de Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto), Braga, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Congregados Basilica” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “康格里加多斯圣殿”
- French: “basilique des Congregados”
- French: “Basilique des Congregados”
- Hebrew: “בזיליקת קונגרגדוש”
- Indonesian: “Basilika Congregados, Braga”
- Portuguese: “Basílica dos Congregados”
- Russian: “Базилика Конгрегадош”
- Spanish: “Basílica de los Congregados”
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