Bragança’s modest old cathedral started out in 1545 as the Igreja de São João Baptista, but moved up the ranks to become a cathedral in 1770 when the bishopric moved here from Miranda do Douro. It was then downgraded again when Bragança’s contemporary cathedral, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora Rainha, opened just west of the centre.
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0.41 MILES
Climb uphill from Largo de São Vicente and you’ll soon set foot inside the astonishingly well-preserved 12th-century citadel. People still live in its…
Centro de Lobo Ibérico de Castilla y León
16 MILES
This excellent interpretation centre devoted to the Iberian wolf is built in the form of a traditional, circular corral used by local farmers to protect…
11.78 MILES
This lovely little town of 70 souls situated in the eastern half of the park is entirely unfazed by the Spanish–Portuguese border splicing it down the…
0.16 MILES
Set in a restored 18th-century bishop’s palace, this is one of Portugal’s best regional museums. Its diverse collections include local artefacts from the…
11.54 MILES
One of the prettiest, best-preserved villages in the western half of the park, Dine is home to a tiny archaeological museum, which documents the 1984 find…
0.42 MILES
Squatting at the rear of the Cidadela is an odd pentagonal building known as the Domus Municipalis, the oldest town hall in Portugal (although its precise…
9.23 MILES
Hidden at the end of the road in a narrow valley wedged between forbidding granite heights, this tiny village is one of the park’s best-preserved, thanks…
15.06 MILES
Moimenta has a lovely core of granite houses roofed in terracotta, plus a small baroque church – a rare dose of luxury in this austere corner of Portugal…
Nearby attractions
1. Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais
0.06 MILES
This cross-border collaboration between Portugal and Spain has a permanent collection that features local painter Graça Morais’ haunting portraits of Trás…
0.09 MILES
Originally built in 1539, this church is covered with azulejos (hand-painted tiles).
3. Centro de Fotografia Georges Dussaud
0.11 MILES
This small museum is worth a visit just to see the evocative black-and-white photos of everyday transmontana people taken in the 1980s by French…
0.16 MILES
Set in a restored 18th-century bishop’s palace, this is one of Portugal’s best regional museums. Its diverse collections include local artefacts from the…
0.22 MILES
Romanesque in origin but rebuilt in the 17th century, this church may have played host to a chapter in Portugal’s favourite (and grisliest) love story…
0.33 MILES
Bragança’s most attractive church has a Renaissance stone portal, a wonderful trompe l’œil ceiling over the nave and an Arabic-style inlaid ceiling above…
7. Museu Ibérico da Máscara e do Traje
0.37 MILES
This visually appealing little museum displays a colourful and fascinating collection of masks and costumes from the ancient pagan-based solstice and…
0.39 MILES
In front of the Torre de Menagem is an extraordinary primitive pelourinho (stone pillory) atop a granite boar similar to the berrões found elsewhere…
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