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Braga History
The traces have reveals the history of the city dated back to 279 BC. Around 700 BC, the Celts settled the Iberian Peninsula. It has the suggestions about the city’s foundation that a Celtic tribe named as Bracari, was the original form of the present day Braga. In 250 B.C. Bracara was conquered by the Romans, who held it for a long time, dedicating the town to the Emperor Augustus. It was the junction for five Romans road and also was the capital of Galicia. Braga lived under the various masters until the town was taken by the Moors in the 8th century, with the destruction of the Roman Empire by the so-called northern Barbarians. The town was conquered by the catholic king, Oviedo, although the Moors continued to attack it. The king of Lyon forcefully had taken the Moors to yield, Don Afonso III, and Braga was given as dowry by Don Afonso IV of Leon to his daughter Dona Teresa on the occasion of her marraiage to Dom Henrique, Earl of Burgundy. The city has passed more than 2250 years from its foundation- is one of the oldest Christian towns. Currently the city is considered the greatest centre for the religious of Portugal, and may be well proud of its title of “The Portuguese Rome” or “The City of Archbishops”.
There are several places that should not be missed for all you historians out there. In the South of Barcelos lies the town of Furia that you can visit in your Portugal car rental. It can safely be termed as kind of like a medieval ruined castle. Its stones were used in the construction of Convento de Bom Jesus. Further you can hire a car in Braga and also go South East of Braga that maintains some of the most significant archaeological sites. It is at a distance of around fifteen kilometers in the North of Guimarães, and does not take much time to reach, when traveling in a car from Braga Airport car hire.
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