Capela das Quedas
Capela das Quedas is a chapel in União das freguesias de Nogueiró e Tenões, Braga. Capela das Quedas is situated nearby to the chapel Capela da Crucifixão, as well as near Capela do Pretório de Pilatos.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte and Castelo do Bom Jesus.
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte
Church
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The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Portuguese Catholic shrine in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount. Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is situated 170 metres east of Capela das Quedas.
Castelo do Bom Jesus
Hotel
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castelo do Bom Jesus is a hotel, which is situated 430 metres northeast of Capela das Quedas.
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro
Church
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro or Sanctuary of Sameiro is a sanctuary and Marian shrine in Braga, Portugal. The Shrine of Our Lady of Sameiro remains one of the most frequented places of Marian devotion in Portugal, the complex itself surpassed in size only by the Sanctuary of Fátima. Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sameiro is situated 1½ km southeast of Capela das Quedas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tenões and Gualtar.
Tenões
Village
Nogueiró e Tenões is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, in the Portuguese district of the same name. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Nogueiró and Tenões. The population in 2011 was 5,129, in an area of 4.43 km2.
Gualtar
Village
Gualtar is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 5,286, in an area of 2.74 km2.
Espinho
Village
Espinho is a Portuguese freguesia, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 1,181, in an area of 4.48 km². The Sameiro Sanctuary is situated in Espinho.
Capela das Quedas
- Type: Chapel
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: União das freguesias de Nogueiró e Tenões, Braga, Braga District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.5544° or 41° 33′ 16″ northLongitude
-8.37886° or 8° 22′ 44″ westOpen location code
8CHHHJ3C+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 737049073OpenStreetMap feature
building=chapel
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In Other Languages
“Capela das Quedas” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Capilla de las Caídas”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Capela da Crucifixão and Capela do Pretório de Pilatos.
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