Ara de Trajano
The Ara de Trajano is a Roman inscription made on a granite boulder located in Caldas das Taipas, Braga District, Portugal with an honorific inscription to Trajan, dated 103.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Igreja de São Tomé (Caldas das Taipas) and Citânia de Sabroso.
Igreja de São Tomé (Caldas das Taipas)
Church
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Igreja de São Tomé (Caldas das Taipas) is a church.
Citânia de Sabroso
Archaeological site
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Citânia de Sabroso is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km north of Ara de Trajano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caldas das Taipas and Sande (São Martinho).
Caldas das Taipas
Town
Photo: PePeEfe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caldelas is a Portuguese civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães. With an area of 2.69 km² and 6304 inhabitants. Its population density is 2 343.5 hab./km².
Barco
Village
Barco is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the Braga District of Portugal. The population in 2021 was 1,439, in an area of 3.02 km2.
Ara de Trajano
- Type: Rock
- Also known as: “Penedo de Trajano”
- Categories: archaeological site, monolith, cultural heritage, and landform
- Location: Caldelas, Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.48704° or 41° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
-8.34402° or 8° 20′ 39″ westOpen location code
8CHHFMP4+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4804706168OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rockWikidata ID
Q9627043
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Ara de Trajano” goes by many names.
- French: “Ara de Trajan”
- Portuguese: “Ara de Nerva”
- Portuguese: “Ara de Trajano”
- Portuguese: “Lápide das Taipas”
- Portuguese: “Penedo da Moura”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Junta de Freguesia de Caldelas and CTT - Correios de Caldelas.
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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 “Ara de Trajano”. Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.