Capela de São Bento
Capela de São Bento is a church in União das freguesias de Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto), Braga. Capela de São Bento is situated nearby to the hotel Vila Galé Collection Braga, as well as near São Marcos Church.Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Chapel in Braga, Portugal
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Raio Palace and Theatre Circo.
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.
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 140 metres northeast of Capela de São Bento.
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. Fountain of the Idol is situated 130 metres east of Capela de São Bento.
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.
Capela de São Bento
Latitude
41.54856° or 41° 32′ 55″ northLongitude
-8.42347° or 8° 25′ 25″ westOpen location code
8CHHGHXG+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 383757750OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q102346567
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In Other Languages
“Capela de São Bento” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Capela de São Bentinho”
- Portuguese: “Capela de São Bento”
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