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Igreja e Edifício do Hospital de São Marcos
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Rua de São Bentinho, 21
4700-308, Braga
Baroque building dated from the XVIII century. On top of the building there are eight images representing martyrs and Apostles, by Carlos Amarante.
Igreja da Misericórdia de Braga
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Rua Dom Diogo de Sousa, 124
4700-422, Braga
XVI century construction, renaissant style. On the doorway there’s a sculpture subordinated to the Visitation theme. Inside, the nave covering and the retable stand out.
Igreja Paroquial de São Victor
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Rua de São Domingos, 4
4710-439, Braga
It was rebuilt in the XVII, at the place where a Romanic temple used to be. It was the first church thought to be covered with baroque glazed tiles, being the richest building of this kind in Braga.
Santuário de São Torcato
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Rua Comendador Alberto Pimenta
4800-867, São Torcato
Church of revival architecture and eclectic, with a Latin cross plant consisting of a single ship. This church took 173 years to be completed, and for finishing the chancel. Inside, there is a cruise covered by an octagonal Dome, lit by eight stained glass Windows.
Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
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Travessa do Carmo
4700-268, Braga
The Convent and the church were built in the middle of the XVII century. The glazed tiles are from the XIX century and the present front is modernist (1907). Inside are worthy of notice the baroque woodcarving, the neoclassical retable and glazed tiles. Near this place are the ruins of the ancient Caridade chapel, from the XVII century.
Igreja e Convento do Pópulo
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Praça Conselheiro Torres Almeida, 113
4700-312, Braga
This monument invokes the Virgin venerated at the Santa Maria do Pópulo Church., in Rome. Built in the end of the XVI century, the building suffered some changes in the XVIII century. The neoclassical front is sided by two chapels and inside are worthy of notice the glazed tiles and the golden woodcarving.
Mosteiro de São Martinho de Tibães
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Rua do Mosteiro, 59
4700-565, Braga
Ancient Benedictine monastery, whose present ensemble dates from the XVIII century. The monastery has four cloisters and the most important is decorated with azulejos and a granite fountain at the centre. The church has beautiful golden woodcarving works.
Igreja do Antigo Mosteiro de São Salvador do Souto / Igreja do antigo Mosteiro do Divino Salvador
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Largo Prior Luís Dias da Silva
4800-836, Agras
Romanesque, Baroque and neoclassical Church, belonging to the medieval former monastery of the Canons of St. Augustine. It consists of a longitudinal plan with a single nave and a chancel lower and narrow. Still retains some vestiges of the primitive Temple, such as cornice with Visigothic and Lombard band decorated element.