Barcelos, Municipality in Braga District, Portugal
Located on a hill above the River Cavado, Barcelos extends across 379 square kilometers with a network of 60 distinct parishes.
The settlement received its first charter from King Afonso Henriques in 1140, later becoming the seat of the First Duke of Bragança in the 15th century.
The weekly market at Campo da República presents local handicrafts, including the traditional ceramic roosters that represent Portuguese national identity.
The city sits on the Portuguese Way pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, with direct road connections to Porto and other northern Portuguese cities.
The Barcelos Bridge, dating from 1325 and declared a National Monument in 1910, stands as a medieval engineering achievement across the Cávado River.
Location: Braga
Location: Cávado
Inception: 1140
Elevation above the sea: 40 m
Shares border with: Póvoa de Varzim, Esposende, Viana do Castelo, Ponte de Lima, Vila Verde, Braga, Vila Nova de Famalicão
Website: https://cm-barcelos.pt
GPS coordinates: 41.53333,-8.61667
Latest update: May 27, 2025 13:14
Igreja de São Pedro de Rates
13.1 km
Castle of Faria
4.8 km
Paço dos Duques de Bragança
736 m
Igreja de Vilar de Frades
5.1 km
Teatro Gil Vicente
632 m
Ponte de Barcelos
768 m
Castelo de Curutelo
13.4 km
Campo da Feira de Barcelos
126 m
Torre da Porta Nova
371 m
Pelourinho de Barcelos
747 m
Igreja e Torre de Manhente
3.8 km
Estádio Adelino Ribeiro Novo
478 m
Church of Santa Maria de Abade de Neiva
3.1 km
Cultural Center Rodrigues de Faria
13.2 km
Solar de Fralães
9.4 km
Creixomil e Mariz
4.5 km
Mosteiro de Palme
10.9 km
Torre e Casa de Gomariz
9.1 km
Museu de Olaria
556 m
Castro do Monte das Ermidas
11.3 km
Monumento Castrejo de Santa Maria de Galegos
5.5 km
Aborim tower
9.4 km
Termas do Eirogo
4.2 km
Solar dos Pinheiros
743 m
Mosteiro de São Salvador de Palme
10.9 km
Bom Jesus de Cambeses Sanctuary
8.7 km
House of Condestável
682 m
Penedo chamado a Laje dos Sinais
8.3 kmReviews
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Abade de Neiva
Aborim
Adães
Airó
Aldreu
Alheira e Igreja Nova
Alvelos
Alvito (São Pedro e São Martinho) e Couto
Arcozelo
Areias
Areias de Vilar e Encourados
Balugães
Barcelinhos
Barcelos, Vila Boa e Vila Frescainha (São Martinho e São Pedro)
Barqueiros
Cambeses
Campo e Tamel (São Pedro Fins)
Carapeços
Carreira e Fonte Coberta
Carvalhal
Carvalhas
Chorente, Góios, Courel, Pedra Furada e Gueral
Cossourado
Creixomil e Mariz
Cristelo
Durrães e Tregosa
Fornelos
Fragoso
Galegos (Santa Maria)
Galegos (São Martinho)
Gamil e Midões
Gilmonde
Lama
Lijó
Macieira de Rates
Manhente
Martim
Milhazes, Vilar de Figos e Faria
Moure
Negreiros e Chavão
Oliveira
Palme
Panque
Paradela
Pereira
Perelhal
Pousa
Quintiães e Aguiar
Remelhe
Rio Covo
Roriz
Sequeade e Bastuço (São João e Santo Estêvão)
Silva
Silveiros e Rio Covo (Santa Eulália)
Tamel (Santa Leocádia) e Vilar do Monte
Tamel
Ucha
Várzea
Viatodos, Grimancelos, Minhotães e Monte de Fralães
Vila Cova e Feitos
Vila Seca
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