Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo is one of the most beautiful Portuguese cities, in the Minho region of Northern Portugal. The Pilgrimage of Nossa Senhora da Agonia and the amazing views of the Lima River make this city unforgettable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 38,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Portugal
- Also known as: “Viana do Castelo Municipality”
- Neighbors: Barcelos, Caminha, Esposende, and Ponte de Lima
Places of Interest
Highlights include Citânia de Santa Luzia and Gil Eannes.
Citânia de Santa Luzia
Nature reserve
Photo: Eduarda7, CC BY-SA 2.5 pt.
The Citânia de Santa Luzia is an archaeological site of the Castro culture located in the Portuguese civil parish of Areosa in the municipality of Viana do Castelo.
Gil Eannes
Photo: Nsandre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gil Eannes is a former Portuguese hospital ship, now permanently moored in the Port of Viana do Castelo, serving as museum ship and youth hostel. The official name of the ship is written according to the old spelling of the Portuguese language, but occasionally it appears written with the modern spelling Gil Eanes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darque and Areosa.
Darque
Town
Darque is a civil parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,817, in an area of 9.01 km2.
Areosa
Suburb
Areosa is a civil parish located in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,853, in an area of 14.11 km2.
Viana do Castelo
- Categories: municipality of Portugal and locality
- Location: Viana do Castelo District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.6949° or 41° 41′ 42″ northLongitude
-8.8311° or 8° 49′ 52″ westPopulation
38,000Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
8CHHM5V9+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 5057838422OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
8010635Wikidata ID
Q208158
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Viana do Castelo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيانا دو كاستيلو”
- Armenian: “Վիանա դու Կաշտելու”
- Armenian: “Վիանա-դու-Կաշտելու”
- Asturian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Basque: “Viana do Castelo”
- Belarusian: “Віяна-ду-Каштэлу”
- Bengali: “ভিয়ানা ডী ক্যাসেলো”
- Catalan: “Viana do Castelo”
- Cebuano: “Viana do Castelo”
- Chechen: “Виана-ду-Каштелу”
- Chinese: “Viana do Castelo”
- Chinese: “維亞納堡”
- Chinese: “维亚纳堡”
- Czech: “Viana do Castelo”
- Danish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Dutch: “Viana do Castelo (stad)”
- Dutch: “Viana do Castelo”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Viana do Castelo”
- Esperanto: “Viana do Castelo”
- Finnish: “Viana do Castelo”
- French: “Viana do Castelo”
- Galician: “Viana do Castelo”
- Georgian: “ვიანა-დუ-კაშტელუ”
- German: “Viana do Castelo”
- Greek: “Βιάνα ντο Καστέλο”
- Gujarati: “વેયાના દો કાસ્ટેલો”
- Hebrew: “ויאנה דה קסטלו”
- Hindi: “वियाना दो कैस्टेलो”
- Indonesian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Irish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Italian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Japanese: “ヴィアナ・ド・カステロ”
- Kannada: “ವಿಯನ ಡೊ ಕ್ಯಾಸ್ಟೆಲೊ”
- Korean: “비아나두카스텔루”
- Latvian: “Viana du Kaštelu”
- Lithuanian: “Viana do Kastelas”
- Lombard: “Viana do Castelo”
- Luxembourgish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Malay: “Viana do Castelo”
- Marathi: “वियाना दो कास्टेलो”
- Mazanderani: “ویانا دو کاسلو مونیسیپالیتی”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Viana do Castelo”
- Mingrelian: “ვიანა-დუ-კაშტელუ”
- Mirandese: “Biana de l Castielho”
- Mirandese: “Viana do Castelo”
- Moksha: “Виана-ду-Каштэлу”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Viana do Castelo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Viana do Castelo”
- Norwegian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Ossetian: “Вианæ-ду-Каштелу”
- Ossetian: “Виана-ду-Каштелу”
- Persian: “ویانا دو کاستلو”
- Persian: “ویانا دو کاسلو مونیسیپالیتی”
- Polish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Portuguese: “Município de Viana do Castelo”
- Portuguese: “Viana da Foz de Lima”
- Portuguese: “Viana da foz do lima”
- Portuguese: “Viana de Castelo”
- Portuguese: “Viana do Castelo”
- Portuguese: “Viana do minho”
- Romanian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Russian: “Виана ду Каштелу”
- Russian: “Виана-ду-Каштелу”
- Russian: “Вьяна-ду-Каштелу”
- Scots: “Viana do Castelo Municipality”
- Serbian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Serbian: “Vijana do Kastelo”
- Serbian: “Вијана до Кастело”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Sinhala: “වියනා ඩො කැස්ටලෝ”
- Slovak: “Viana do Castelo”
- Slovenian: “Viana do Castelo”
- Spanish: “Viana de Castelo”
- Spanish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Swedish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Swedish: “Viana do Costelo”
- Tamil: “வியானா டோ காஸ்டிலோ”
- Tatar: “Виана-ду-Каштелу”
- Telugu: “వియానా డా కాస్టెలో”
- Thai: “วียานาดูกัชแตลู”
- Turkish: “Viana do Castelo”
- Ukrainian: “Віана-ду-Каштелу”
- Urdu: “ویانا دو کاشتیلو”
- Vietnamese: “Viana do Castelo”
- Volapük: “Viana do Castelo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Viana do Castelo”
- “Viana do Castelo”
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