Braga Cathedral

Braga Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in the country, a title that supports popular expressions such as "older than Braga Cathedral". In reality, the project to build this cathedral began when Portugal was not yet a nation, which explains why the entire city of Braga grew up around the cathedral itself.
With various architectural styles visible on its façades and walls, namely Romanesque and Gothic, with a mostly Baroque interior, Braga Cathedral is of great importance to the rhythm of the city. This mixture of architectural styles is mainly due to the extension of the original plan, which over the years has led to the Cathedral incorporating five chapels, two cloisters, a galilee, an apse, a chevet and a sacristy.
Designed as it is today in the 11th century by Bishop D. Pedro, the Cathedral of Braga was built on a site where the Roman market or temple dedicated to the goddess Isis once stood. Pedro, the Cathedral of Braga was built on a site where, according to belief, there used to be a Roman market or temple dedicated to the goddess Isis (the existence of a votive stone on one of the Cathedral's exterior walls substantiates this belief).
A visit to the Cathedral must include a glimpse of the ceilings, the pipe organs, the altar with a frontal built from a piece left over from an old altarpiece commissioned by D. Diogo de Sousa to build the chancel and, of course, the Cathedral Treasury-Museum.

The last entry is 30 minutes before the Cathedral closes.

More information:
253 263 317
info@se-braga.pt