Guimarães

Get to know the history and enormous heritage of the region of Guimarães and the north of Portugal.

Let yourself be carried away by the wealth of traditions and customs that have passed from generation to generation since the birth of the Portuguese nation.

Guimarães Castle

It is located in the parish of Oliveira do Castelo, city and municipality of Guimarães, in the district of Braga, Portugal.

In a dominant position, overlooking the Campo de São Mamede, this monument is linked to the foundation of the Portucalense County and to the independence struggles of Portugal, being popularly designated as the cradle of nationality.

Classified as a National Monument in 2007 it was informally elected as one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal

Still close and in the North

Sanctuary of Bom Jesus - Braga

It is located in the parish of Tenões , in the city, county and district of Braga, in Portugal.
This Catholic sanctuary is an architectural-landscape complex composed of a church, a staircase where the Via Sacra do Bom Jesus , an area of forest (Bom Jesus Park), some hotels and a funicular (Elevador do Bom Jesus) .

Serra dos Gerês

It is the second highest elevation of Continental Portugal . It has on its summit 1548 meters of altitude (Peak of the Nevosa, in the border with Galicia), second sheet of the Geographic Institute of the Army. It is part of the mountainous system of Peneda-Gerês
The Serra da Gerês massif is included in the Peneda-Gerês National Park area.

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