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Vila Nova de Gaia

Vila Nova de Gaia is a city the region of , immediately facing across the Duoro river. The two cities form the core of a contiguous metropolitan area.
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  • Type: City with 187,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Gaia”, “Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality”, and “Vilanova de Gaia”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of São Francisco and Palácio da Bolsa.

Museum
Photo: João Carvalho, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Saint Francis is the most prominent Gothic monument in , , being also noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration. It is located in the historic centre of the city, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Museum
Photo: Manuel de Sousa, Public domain.
The Stock Exchange Palace is a historical building in , . The palace was built in the 19th century by the city's Commercial Association in Neoclassical style.

Bridge
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The Luiz I Bridge, commonly known as , is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river between the cities of and Vila Nova de Gaia in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porto and Mafamude.

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is 's second largest city and the capital of the , and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the metropolitan area has some 1.7 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like Vila Nova de Gaia, , and .

Suburb
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is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish e Vilar do Paraíso.

Suburb
is a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish e São Pedro da Afurada. The population in 2011 was 30,146, in an area of 6.91 km².

Vila Nova de Gaia

Latitude
41.1292° or 41° 7′ 45″ north
Longitude
-8.6057° or 8° 36′ 21″ west
Population
187,000
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
8CHH49HV+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1904454689
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8010592
Wiki­data ID
Q191135
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Vila Nova de Gaia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Arabic: “فيلا نوا دغايا”
  • Aragonese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Armenian: “Վիլա Նովա դե Գայա”
  • Asturian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Basque: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Belarusian: “Віла-Нова-дзі-Гая”
  • Belarusian: “Віла-Нова-ды-Гая”
  • Bulgarian: “Вила Нова де Гайа”
  • Bulgarian: “Вила Нова ди Гая”
  • Catalan: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Cebuano: “Vila Nova de Gaia (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Chechen: “Вила-Нова-ди-Гая”
  • Chinese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Chinese: “加亚新城”
  • Chinese: “加亞新城”
  • Cornish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Czech: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Danish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Dutch: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Esperanto: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Finnish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • French: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Galician: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Georgian: “ვილა-ნოვა-დე-გაია”
  • German: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Greek: “Βίλα Νόβα ντε Γκάια”
  • Hebrew: “וילה נובה דה גאיה”
  • Hungarian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Icelandic: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Ido: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Irish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Italian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Japanese: “ヴィラ・ノヴァ・デ・ガイア”
  • Korean: “빌라노바드가이아”
  • Latin: “Cale”
  • Lezghian: “Вила-Нова-ди-Гая”
  • Lithuanian: “Vila Nova de Gaja”
  • Lombard: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Macedonian: “Вила Нова де Гала”
  • Maltese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Mazanderani: “ویلا نوا دگایا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Mingrelian: “ვილა-ნოვა-დე-გაია”
  • Mirandese: “Bila Nuoba de Gaia”
  • Mirandese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Moksha: “Вила Нова ди Гайя”
  • Mongolian: “Вила-Нова-ди-Гая”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Norwegian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Ossetian: “Вилæ-Новæ-ди-Гая”
  • Persian: “ویلا نوا دگایا”
  • Polish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Portuguese: “Município de Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Portuguese: “V.N de Gaia”
  • Portuguese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Portuguese: “Villa Nova de Gaia”
  • Portuguese: “Vn gaia”
  • Romanian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Russian: “Вила-Нова-де-Гайа”
  • Russian: “Вила-Нова-де-Гайя”
  • Russian: “Вила-Нова-де-Гая”
  • Russian: “Вила-Нова-ди-Гая”
  • Serbian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Serbian: “Vila Nova de Gaja”
  • Serbian: “Вила Нова де Гаја”
  • Slovak: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Slovenian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Spanish: “Gaia”
  • Spanish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Swahili: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Swedish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Tatar: “Вила-Нова-де-Гая”
  • Thai: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Thai: “วีลานอวาดึไกยา”
  • Thai: “วีลานอวาดือไกยา”
  • Turkish: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Ukrainian: “Віла Нова ді Гайя”
  • Ukrainian: “Віла-Нова-де-Гая”
  • Ukrainian: “Віла-Нова-де-Ґая”
  • Ukrainian: “Віла-Нова-ді-Гайя”
  • Ukrainian: “Віла-Нова-ді-Гая”
  • Venetian: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Vietnamese: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Volapük: “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vila Nova de Gaia Municipality”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vila Nova de Gaia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ولا نووا دی گائیا”
  • Yue Chinese: “加亞新城”
  • “Vila Nova de Gaia”

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