Visit the Garden of the Episcopal Palace - Castelo Branco

The Jardim do Paço Episcopal (or of S. João Baptista), located in the Parish of Castelo Branco, was built by the Bishop of Guarda, D. João de Mendonça, around 1720.
In the garden are the statues of St. John the Baptist and that of Mary Magdalene, dating from 1725.
Adjacent to the Palace is the staircase of the 33-step apostles.
In formal terms, the garden is divided into four different sites, but connected by several points of articulation: the entrance, the floor of the boxwood, the flooded garden and the upper plane.
The current entrance of the garden is practiced by Rua Bartolomeu da Costa, since 1936, the year in which it was designed by the engineer Manuel Tavares dos Santos. The mural panels covered with tiles served as a repository of memories but were never fully filled: ancient views of the city and the portraits of the two bishops who drove the building of the garden were the motives chosen. The portal is of the century. XVIII and came from the garden gardens.
Jardim do Buxo has a rectangular plan and constitutes the main landing.
It is divided into 24 plots, bordered by hedges and boxwood sidewalks, and has 5 lakes with fountains implanted. In addition, it boasts a high number of statues.
The Alagado Garden, next to the previous one, is located in the South band. It is a set of trapezoidal beds that, illusorily, seems to emerge from the middle of the lake, provoking a surprising visual effect.
Between these two landscaped spaces is the Lake of the Crowns, with three pieces of fountains. The lake rests on a balcony with an elevation above the garden and in it parades the fourth dynasty of the Portuguese monarchs until D. José I, as well as D. Sebastião.

Visit the Statue of Dr. João Rodrigues - Castelo Branco

The Statue of Dr. João Rodrigues, located in the Parish of Castelo Branco, is a tribute to the Portuguese doctor of Jewish religion, also known as Amato Lusitano and born in Castelo Branco in 1511.

Visiting the Staircase of the Apostles - Castelo Branco

The Staircase of the Apostles, located in the Parish of Castelo Branco, is a monumental staircase in which statues of the apostles parade - identifiable by the symbol of their martyrdom. In the background, on the landing, are the four evangelists and the animals that identify them according to the reading of the Apocalypse.

Visit the Statue of Saint Benedict - Santa Maria (Bragança)

The statue of São Bento, located in the parish of Santa Maria, is located in a Miradouro at about 820 meters altitude

Visit the Statue of Our Lady Queen - Rebordainhos

Visit the Aveleda Fountain (Bragança)

Fonte da Aveleda features a statue of a Burra and a tile panel with the inscription "Sou d'Ableda and the donkey also."

Visit the Statue of Saint Martin - Alfaião

Visit the Church of Santa Ana - Vimieiro (Braga)

Visit the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte - Tenões (Braga)

The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, located in the parish of Tenões, is dedicated to Senhor Bom Jesus and is constituted by an architectural-landscaped set composed by a church, the staircase where the Via Sacra do Bom Jesus is developed, a garden area Bom Jesus, some hotels and a funicular.

His peculiar disposition was the inspiration for other constructions, such as the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Remedies in Lamego and the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in the city of Congonhas in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

It is classified as Property of Public Interest.

It is believed that the primitive occupation of this site dates back to the beginning of the 14th century when someone will have erected a cross on the top of Mount Espinho. In the year 1373 a hermitage is already mentioned in the place, under the invocation of the Holy Cross. This hermitage will have been attached to the parish of Tenões.

Local of devotion and pilgrimage of the people of the region of Braga, in 1494 was erguida a second hermitage. A third hermitage was erected in 1522.

In 1629 a group of devotees constituted the Confraternity of Bom Jesus do Monte, being built a chapel where was placed an image of Christ Crucified, besides houses for shelter of the pilgrims, and the first chapels of Passos of the Passion, in the form of small niches.

From 1722, the then Archbishop of Braga, D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles, conceived and initiated a great project that would lead to the present Sanctuary.

This church was designed by the architect Carlos Amarante, by order of the then Archbishop of Braga, D. Gaspar de Bragança, to replace the previous one, erected by D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles. His works began on June 1, 1784, and were completed in 1811.

The churchyard, also designed by Amarante, features eight statues representing characters who intervened in the condemnation, passion and death of Christ.

The church has a plant in the shape of a Latin cross, constituting one of the first neoclassical buildings in the country. Its façade is flanked by two towers, surmounted by a triangular pediment.

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Visit the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - São Victor (Braga)

The Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the parish of St. Victor, boasts a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to commemorate the solemn consecration of the city and archdiocese of Braque to the Divine Heart of Christ held on May 16, 1886.

Visit the Statue of Don Frei Bartolomeu dos Mártires - São Lázaro (Braga)

The Statue of D. Frei Bartolomeu dos Mártires, former Archbishop of Braga and a reference figure of the Council of Trent, located in the Parish of São Lázaro, was inaugurated in 2017.

Visit the Basilica of the Congregados - São Lázaro (Braga)

The Basilica of the Congregados, located in the parish of São Lázaro, was designed by the architect André Soares, built in the 16th century, though only finished in the 20th century.

The building began in 1703 and was blessed on October 27, 1717, although it was necessary to build the towers and place statues in the respective niches of the façade. These works would be carried out as early as the twentieth century.

The façade statues - São Filipe Néri and São Martinho de Dume - were hoisted to their sites on February 16, 1964, and are due to the sculptor Manuel da Silva Nogueira.

Visit the Jardim de Santa Bárbara - São João do Souto (Braga)

The Jardim de Santa Bárbara, located in the parish of São João do Souto, is named after the seventeenth-century fountain that is there and is topped by a statue of Santa Bárbara, which once belonged to the Convent of Remedies.

This is a public garden worthy of photos thanks to the flowers with their vivid colors.

Visit the Statue of Manuel Vieira Gomes - Real (Braga)

The Statue of Manuel Vieira Gomes, located in the Parish of Real, is a bronze bust executed in 1956 by Zeferino Couto.

Visit the Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Guisande (Braga)

The Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is located in the Parish of Guisande.

Visit the Statue of Our Lady of the Assumption - Esporões

The Statue of Our Lady of the Assumption is located in Santa Marta das Cortiças in the Parish of Esporões

Visit the Statue of Saint Martin of Dume - Dume

The Statue of St. Martin of Dume, located in the parish of Dume is large and is placed on a pedestrians. This statue honors Martinho de Dume or Martinho de Braga, also known as Martinho Dumiense, Martinho Bracarense or Martinho da Panónia

Matinho de Dume was a bishop of Braga and Dume considered holy by the Catholic Church. He was born in Pannonia, present-day Hungary, in the sixth century. He is known as the "apostle of the Suevi", for being considered the major responsible for his conversion from Arianism to Catholicism. It is also known for nominating the Portuguese language days of the week.

Visit the Statue of Comendador Santos da Cunha - Cividade (Braga)

Visiting the Statue of Pope John Paul II - Celeirós

The Statue of Pope John Paul II, located in the parish of Celeirós, is large, and stands on a high pedestal.