Ponte de Lima
Ponte de Lima is a town on the banks of the River Lima, in Minho, in Viana do Castelo district. It is the oldest village in Portugal. This village and its iconic bridge are located in the heart of the Vinho Verde region, which, together with its lively festivals and popular festivals, has made it famous throughout the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 44,700 residents
- Description: municipality of Portugal
- Also known as: “Ponte de Lima Municipality” and “Ponte do Lima”
- Neighbors: Arcos de Valdevez, Barcelos, Caminha, and Viana do Castelo
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museu dos Terceiros and Diogo Bernardes Theatre.
Diogo Bernardes Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Diogo Bernardes Theatre is a theatre in the civil parish of Arca e Ponte de Lima, in the municipality of Ponte de Lima, in the Portuguese district of Viana do Castelo.
Museu do Brinquedo Português
Museum
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
Museu do Brinquedo Português is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Refóios do Lima and Calheiros.
Refóios do Lima
Village
Photo: José Antonio Gil Martínez, CC BY 2.0.
Refóios do Lima is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Ponte de Lima.
Calheiros
Village
Photo: Elena ravano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Calheiros is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Ponte de Lima.
Ponte de Lima
- Categories: municipality of Portugal and locality
- Location: Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.7675° or 41° 46′ 3″ northLongitude
-8.5831° or 8° 34′ 59″ westPopulation
44,700Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)United Nations Location Code
PT PLMOpen location code
8CHHQC98+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 25278432OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Ponte de Lima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بونتي دي ليما”
- Catalan: “Ponte de Lima”
- Cebuano: “Ponte de Lima (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Ponte de Lima”
- Chechen: “Понти-ди-Лима”
- Chinese: “Ponte de Lima”
- Chinese: “蓬蒂迪利馬”
- Chinese: “蓬蒂迪利马”
- Dutch: “Ponte de Lima”
- Esperanto: “Ponte de Lima”
- French: “Ponte de Lima”
- Galician: “Ponte de Lima”
- German: “Ponte de Lima”
- Irish: “Ponte de Lima”
- Italian: “Ponte de Lima”
- Kazakh: “Pontï-dï-Lïma”
- Kazakh: “Понти-ди-Лима”
- Kazakh: “پونتىي-دىي-لىيما”
- Lithuanian: “Ponte de Lima”
- Lombard: “Ponte de Lima”
- Luxembourgish: “Ponte de Lima”
- Malay: “Ponte de Lima”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ponte de Lima”
- Mirandese: “Ponte de Lima”
- Mirandese: “Puonte de Lhima”
- Moksha: “Понтэ дэ Лима”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ponte de Lima”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ponte de Lima”
- Norwegian: “Ponte de Lima”
- Persian: “پونته د لیما”
- Polish: “Ponte de Lima”
- Portuguese: “Município de Ponte de Lima”
- Portuguese: “Ponte de Lima”
- Portuguese: “Ponte do lima”
- Russian: “Понте де Лима”
- Russian: “Понте-де-Лима”
- Russian: “Понти-ди-Лима”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ponte de Lima”
- Slovak: “Ponte de Lima”
- Slovenian: “Ponte de Lima”
- Spanish: “Ponte de Lima”
- Swedish: “Ponte de Lima”
- Tatar: “Понти-ди-Лима”
- Turkish: “Ponte de Lima”
- Ukrainian: “Понте-де-Ліма”
- Vietnamese: “Ponte de Lima (đô thị)”
- Vietnamese: “Ponte de Lima”
- Volapük: “Ponte de Lima”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ponte de Lima”
- “Ponte de Lima”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Ponte de Lima”. Photo: Pedro, CC BY 2.0.