Braga

Braga hosts the oldest chapel in Portugal, the Chapel of São Frutuoso, built by the Visigoths.

The city of Bracara Augusta was founded in 16 BC and became the capital of the administrative area Conventus bracarensis.

Braga was the first city in Europe where a Germanic king, Rechiar, converted to Chalcedonian Christianity.

The municipality of Braga is densely populated, with approximately 962 inhabitants per square kilometre.

Braga has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, with summer temperatures significantly hotter than nearby coastal cities.