15 Facts About Braga

Braga is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province.

Nowadays, Braga is a major hub for inland Northern Portugal and it is an important stop on the Portuguese Way path of the Road of St James.

Between 419 and 422, Braga was threatened by the Vandals so it prepared itself for a siege, closed its gates and refused to open them; this led to the destruction of the surrounding countryside.

In 455, while the Visigothic king Theodoric II sacked Braga, utterly destroying many historical and archaeological records, the Suebi king Rechiar escaped the city, wounded, to Porto.

Braga'storians are still unsure of the dating of the Chapel of Sao Pedro de Balsemao, in Lamego, currently Braga can boast that it hosts the oldest chapel in Portugal, the Chapel of Sao Frutuoso.

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Braga had an important role in the Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula.

The bishop Balconius, who was later elevated to become the first Archbishop of Braga, and according to later sources, was the first to be given said title.

Between 1093 and 1147, Braga became the residential seat of the Portuguese court.

Braga expanded and remodelled the cathedral by adding a new chapel in the Manueline style, and generally turning the mediaeval town into a Renaissance city.

City of Braga proper includes only the following urban civil parishes:.

The university, headquartered in Braga, is by itself a major driving force of the city's economy.

Braga is serviced by both regional and high-speed rail connection to major centres in the region.

Region of Braga is scattered with Neolithic, Roman, Medieval and Modernist monuments, buildings and structures attracting tourists.

Braga Pedagogical Farm is a farm dealing with animals and agriculture, welcoming extra-curricular activities from schools and visitors.

Braga has had considerable success in recent years, winning the Taca de Portugal for the second time in 2016 and the third in 2021 and reaching the Europa League final in 2011, which they lost to fellow Portuguese side FC Porto.