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Braga

Braga is one of the five largest cities of , situated in the region in the . It is known for its abundance of churches and thus called the "city of archbishops".
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Estádio Municipal de Braga and Braga Cathedral.

Stadium
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The is an all-seater football located in Braga, , and the current home of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,286 spectators, making it the seventh largest football stadium in Portugal.

Church
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The Cathedral of Braga is a Roman Catholic church in the northern city of Braga, . Due to its long history and artistic significance, it is also one of the most important buildings in the country.

Museum
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The Palace of Raio is a Baroque era residence in the urbanized area of the municipality of Braga, in the civil parish of São José de São Lázaro. It is an example of the late Baroque, early Rococo style of decoration by architect André Soares, notable for his influence in the northern Baroque movement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Victor and Real.

Suburb
is a parish, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 29,642, in an area of 4.08 km². It is named after Saint Victor of Braga, an early Christian martyr who was put to death around AD 300.

Village
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is a village.

Suburb
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is a freguesia, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 13,236, in an area of 2.55 km². In is located the Faculty of Philosophy part of Catholic University of Portugal, the and the Colégio D.

Braga

Latitude
41.5511° or 41° 33′ 4″ north
Longitude
-8.428° or 8° 25′ 41″ west
Population
137,000
Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)
IATA airport code
BGZ
United Nations Location Code
PT BGZ
Open location code
8CHHHH2C+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 24960107
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2742032
Wiki­data ID
Q83247
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Braga” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Braga”
  • Arabic: “براغا”
  • Arabic: “براقرة”
  • Aragonese: “Braga”
  • Armenian: “Բրագա”
  • Asturian: “Braga”
  • Azerbaijani: “Braqa”
  • Balinese: “Braga”
  • Basque: “Braga”
  • Belarusian: “Брага (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Брага”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাগা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ব্রাগা”
  • Bosnian: “Braga”
  • Breton: “Braga”
  • Bulgarian: “Брага”
  • Burmese: “ဘရာဂါ”
  • Catalan: “Braga”
  • Cebuano: “Braga”
  • Chechen: “Брага (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Брага”
  • Chinese: “Braga”
  • Chinese: “布拉加”
  • Cornish: “Braga”
  • Croatian: “Braga”
  • Czech: “Braga”
  • Danish: “Braga”
  • Dutch: “Braga (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Braga”
  • Esperanto: “Braga”
  • Esperanto: “Brago”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Braga”
  • Estonian: “Braga”
  • Extremaduran: “Braga”
  • Finnish: “Braga”
  • French: “Braga”
  • Galician: “Braga”
  • Georgian: “ბრაგა”
  • German: “Braga”
  • Greek: “Μπράγα”
  • Greek: “Μπράγκα”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રાગા”
  • Hebrew: “בראגה”
  • Hindi: “ब्रागा”
  • Hungarian: “Braga”
  • Icelandic: “Braga”
  • Ido: “Braga”
  • Indonesian: “Braga, Portugal”
  • Indonesian: “Braga”
  • Interlingue: “Braga”
  • Irish: “Braga”
  • Italian: “Augusta Bracarensis”
  • Italian: “Braga”
  • Japanese: “ブラガ”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾಗ”
  • Kazakh: “Брaга қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Брaга”
  • Korean: “브라가”
  • Ladino: “Braga”
  • Latin: “Bracara Augusta”
  • Latin: “Braga”
  • Latvian: “Braga”
  • Latvian: “Brakara Augusta”
  • Lithuanian: “Braga”
  • Lithuanian: “Brakara Augusta”
  • Lombard: “Braga”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Braga”
  • Macedonian: “Брага”
  • Malay: “Braga, Portugal”
  • Malay: “Braga”
  • Maltese: “Braga”
  • Marathi: “ब्रागा”
  • Mazanderani: “براگا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Braga”
  • Mingrelian: “ბრაგა”
  • Mirandese: “Braga”
  • Mongolian: “Брага”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Braga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Braga”
  • Norwegian: “Braga”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Braga”
  • Ossetian: “Брагæ (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Брагæ”
  • Persian: “براگا”
  • Polish: “Braga”
  • Portuguese: “Bracara Augusta”
  • Portuguese: “Braga”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Braga”
  • Quechua: “Braga”
  • Romanian: “Braga”
  • Russian: “Брага”
  • Serbian: “Брага”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Braga”
  • Sicilian: “Vraca”
  • Silesian: “Braga”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රාගා”
  • Slovak: “Braga”
  • Slovenian: “Braga”
  • Spanish: “Braga”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Braga”
  • Swahili: “Braga”
  • Swedish: “Braga”
  • Tachawit: “Bṛaga”
  • Tamil: “ப்ராகா”
  • Tatar: “Брага”
  • Telugu: “బ్రాగా”
  • Tetum: “Braga”
  • Thai: “Braga”
  • Thai: “บรากา”
  • Turkish: “Bracara Augusta”
  • Turkish: “Braga”
  • Ukrainian: “Брага”
  • Urdu: “براگا”
  • Venetian: “Braga (Portogało)”
  • Venetian: “Braga”
  • Vietnamese: “Braga”
  • Volapük: “Braga”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Braga”
  • Welsh: “Braga”
  • Western Panjabi: “براگا”
  • Wu Chinese: “布拉加”
  • Yue Chinese: “布拉加”
  • “Braga”

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