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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0.11 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…

4. Museu do Abade de Baçal

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…

5. Igreja de São Vicente

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…

6. Igreja de São Bento

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…

8. Pelourinho

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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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