Busto de João Penha
Busto de João Penha is a work of art in União das freguesias de Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto), Braga. Busto de João Penha is situated nearby to the public building Galerias do Bingo, as well as near the shopping center Gold Center.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fountain of the Idol and Theatre Circo.
Fountain of the Idol
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Fountain of the Idol is a Roman fountain located in the civil parish of São José de São Lázaro, in the municipality of Braga, northern Portugal. Located in the former territory of the Callaici Bracari, the granite rock fountain/spring has Latin inscriptions, dedicated to the Gallaecian and Lusitanian gods Tongoenabiagus and Nabia.
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 110 metres west of Busto de João Penha.
Raio Palace
Museum
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Portuguese architect André Soares, notable for his influence in the northern Baroque movement. Raio Palace is situated 160 metres southwest of Busto de João Penha.
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
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Busto de João Penha
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: bust
- Category: tourism
- 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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Latitude
41.54928° or 41° 32′ 57″ northLongitude
-8.42134° or 8° 25′ 17″ westOpen location code
8CHHGHXH+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7274740775OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=bust
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