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Detailed Information
- Place Types Tourist attraction
- Address 9, Largo da Oliveira 8, 4810-250 Guimarães, Portugal
- Coordinate 41.4428989,-8.2925976
- Website http://www.diocese-braga.pt/
- Rating 4.6
- Compound Code CPV4+5X Guimaraes, Portugal
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Very beautiful! Must see if you are in town
The occupation of the site originates in a pre-Romanesque monastery, founded by Mumadona Dias in 949. For the protection of this monastery, a fortification was built that preceded the current Guimarães Castle. At the beginning of the 12th century, this monastery would give rise to the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria de Guimarães, one of the most important and richest religious institutions in the country in the Lower Middle Ages.
Igreja Nossa Senhora da Oliveira or Church of Our Lady of Olives as splendid monument of Portuguese gothic. King João I of Portugal and Algarve (1357-1433) donated that church his armor and gambeson he used in the Battle of Aljubarrota where on August 14, 1385 he and his Constable Nun'Alvares Pereira (1360-1431) having tiny Anglo-Portuguese Army won the most incredible victory for entire Portuguese history over French and Castilian Army supported by Portuguese Collaborators. Later he replaced the armor by the silver but gambeson you still can see in Museum of Alberto Sampaio. Visitors are allowed to take non commercial photo without flash light.
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Square with church and lots of eateries. The alleyways nearby are lovely to walk through and take photos
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