- City in NW Portugal with an important religious and administrative role not only in the country but in the Iberian Peninsula.
- Its foundation dates back to Roman times when it was called Bracara Augusta.
- It is the oldest archbishopric in the country and has one of the oldest cathedrals.
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Chronicle entries in which Braga appears:
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![Braga, Bishop's palace. [Photo by courtesy of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Art Library, Lisbon, Portugal] External vie of the Bishop's palace in Braga, with strong crenelated walls and slit windows in the lower floors.](https://fernaolopes.fcsh.unl.pt/sites/default/files/styles/lopes_gallery_style/public/FL_PICS-FCG-Braga_Paco_Bispo-3521118679_396699de58_o.jpg?itok=Hx9JsbiQ)