Museum located within the keep of Bragança castle. Exhibits include medieval armour, 20th century guns and even art from the colonies
Located within the walls of the castle are a clutch of whitewashed houses and the 18th century Church of Santa Maria.
As with most Portuguese churches, the interior is worth a look with its painted ceiling depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
photo: IPPA/António Sacchetti
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The Torre da Princesa is one of 15 towers making up the battlements of Braganca castle.
Story has it that story tells that Leonor, wife of the 4th Duke of Bragança, was imprisoned there after accusations of adultery. Her enraged husband would later have her stabbed to death in his palace in Vila Viçosa.
photo: IPPA/António Sacchetti
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The Domus Municipalis in Braganca is classified as a national monument, however, nobody is quite sure what this unusual 12th century building was for!
Built in a Romanesque style and in an irregular pentagon shape with a subterranean vaulted cistern it has been suggested it served as a cistern
photo: IPPA/António Sacchetti
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The medieval town of Bragança, surrounded by the 12th century walls. Inside is the keep of the castle which stands at 33 metres high.
In the distance are snow-capped mountains and Spain beyond.
© istockphoto/Hugo Monteiro
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The name of the region of which Bragança is the capital belies its nature, being that Tras-os-Montes, quite literally 'behind the mountains', is easily the most remote part of mainland Portugal, if not western Europe. Here, ancient stone houses still cluster in small villages that seem unaffected by the speed and complexities of modern life, rich traditional dishes still fill the bellies of hard-working farmers and the general feel is one of pleasing distance, both physical and other, from the busier, more cosmopolitan parts of the country.