Santuário de Sameiro

Sights around Braga

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April 28th 2007
We left the mountains and headed south to visit some well known sights just outside Braga. Firstly it was Santuário de Sameiro, a monument built in 1837 but altered by during Salazar’s regime. Then Bom Jesus de Monte, an ornamental stairway of 573 steps (which we climbed) leading past the stations of the cross to an impressive church all built ion the 18th century. And finally Citânia de Bri ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more