Church Of Santa Eulalia Photo: The Church Of Santa Eulalia

Braga is considered the most beautiful city in Portugal and is conventionally divided into Old town and New town. The new city is more of a business district. All the historical monuments and religious sites are concentrated in the Old city.

Church of Santa Eulalia is located in the district of Trains the Braga district. Also considered to be a parish Church in the area. Church of Santa Eulalia is a small size, was built in the XIII century and is a typical example of the architecture of Northern Portugal in the period of transition from Romanesque to Gothic. In the construction of churches in the Northern part of Portugal at the time (XIII-XIV century) was dominated by simple architectural forms. The Church was built of small size, consisted of a single nave and chapels. Interior decoration of the temples was very simple and was not pretentious.

Inside the Church is a rectangular nave and chapel. The small size of the chapel also has the shape of a rectangle. Today from the Church, unfortunately, little remains.

The Church is dedicated to Saint Eulalia, who is the patroness of many regions of Portugal, and there are even a few areas, named in honor of this Saint. Saint Eulalia was born in the sixth century and at a young age he was martyred for his faith in Christ, but did not abandon the Christian faith.

Since 1967, the Portuguese Institute of architectural heritage has classified the Church of Santa Eulalia as a cultural heritage of the country. Church of Santa Eulalia is close to popular places of Catholic pilgrimage - the Shrine of Bon, BOM Jesus do Monte.

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