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Viana do Castelo is a municipality and seat in the Norte Region of Portugal. The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, has a population of approximately 36,148 inhabitants, while the municipality includes 91238 residents.

Monument to Caramuru e Paraguaçu by Mestre José Rodrigues

The Republic Square

The Republic SquareDiogo Álvares Correia (1475? - 1557), called Caramuru by the Tupinambá, was a Portuguese settler born in Viana do Castelo. He departed for the Portuguese colony of Brazil in 1509, and his ship wrecked in the coast of Bahia, Diogo Álvares found himself among the Tupinambá Indians. The Tupinamba called him "Caramuru" ("Moray Eel" or "Creator of Fire") because of the fire of his weapon

The Republic Square

Later, Diogo Álvares founded a settlement called Vila Velha and married Paraguaçu (or Paraguassu), the daughter of Tupinamba's chief Morubixava Taparica. During the following twenty years, Diogo Álvares kept contact with European ships and used his influence on local Indians to help the Portuguese Crown and missionaries during the early years of Brazilian colonization.

The monument was made by José Rodrigues in December of 2008, marking the anniversary of the 750th anniversary of the founding of the city.

The Republic Square

In 1526, he traveled to France with his wife. Paraguaçu was baptized by Mary Catherine des Granches, wife of Jacques Cartier, under the name Catarina.A couple of years later, he returned to Bahia and aided Tomé de Sousa in founding Salvador and creating the first General-Government of the Brazilian colony, by the request of King João III of Portugal .He died in October 1557, was buried in the Church of Jesus, and left half of his wealth to the Jesuits. His wife, Catarina Paraguaçu died in 1582.His sons, Gaspar, Gabriel and Jorge were declared knights by Governor Tomé de Sousa.

Monument to Caramuru e Paraguaçu by Mestre José Rodrigues

The Praça da República, one of Portugal's most picturesque squares, with the broad basins of its Renaissance fountain dating from 1559 in the center.

Casa da Misiricórdia, the

Misericord Hospice, a

Flemish Renaissance style building

begun in 1589

Casa da Misiricórdia

Casa da Misiricórdia

The Republic Square

Santa Casa da Misiricórdia 16th C

Adjoining the Casa da Misiricórdia is the Igreja da Misericórdia, rebuilt in the 18th C., is on the north side of the square and has fine talha dourada and 17th C. ajulejos in the interior

The Igreja da Misericórdia,

rebuilt in the 18th C., is on the north side of the square and has fine talha dourada and 17th C. ajulejos in the

interior.

Igreja Misericordia

Orgão de Tubos

Andalusian craftsmen brought

vitality to Portugals

azulejos when she was yoked to Spain 1580-1640, and it was during this period that

Portugese developed their enthusiasm for

ajulezos. One of the grand masters of the tile design,

Antonio de Oliveira

Bernardes (1684-1732) worked in

Misericordia church in Viana

do Castelo

The old town hall, the Antigos Paços do Concelho on the east side of the square, is an early 16th C. granite building, now used for exhibitions, where bread used to be sold in its arcades at street level.

Above the middle window, the royal coat of arms has been carved, together with the armillary sphere and a caravel, the symbol of Viana, which owed most of its prosperity to the sea

Chafariz Praça da República - Fountain Renaissance, by Portuense John Lopes, the Elder and Casa da Misiricórdia

The old town hall, the Antigos Paços do Concelho

The fountain is made in granite

plant in the center ring is just a column with

elements that represent figures of animals. The

works were completed in the year 1554. This representation is

a work of transition

between the Gothic and

Renaissance

Praça da República,

Viana do Castelo camara Municipal,

Passeio das Mordomas da

Romaria

Casa CarreiraActual building of the City of

Viana do Castelo

The district capital of Viana do Castelo, charmingly situated at the mouth of the Rio Lima below Monte de Santa Luzia, is an important harbor on this part of the Portuguese Atlantic coast, here called the Costa Verde. Although it has some industry textiles, timber, fish processing and shipbuilding its attractive townscape and good beaches also make it popular with tourists.

The cathedral was built in the first half of the 15th C. and substantially altered in the 19th C. The two crenellated towers flanking the facade are Romanesque. The interior has fine polychrome wood carving, mainly 17th C.

The cathedral

The Casa dos Velhos, north of the cathedral, is a 15th C. building with a distinct Galician look

The Casa dos Velhos

The Casa dos Velhos

Casa Melo Alvim

Teatro Sa de Miranda, 1885

A 19th century theatre is stage of all different performing arts: theatre, concerts, cinema.

Teatro Sa de Miranda, 1885

The painted ceiling and beautiful cabin structure is really beautiful, relativelly small, creates a cozyness and greater empathy stage /spectators.

Museu de Arte e Arqueologia(Largo de

Sdomingos)is housed in the

18th C. mansion of the Barbarosa Macieis family

Igreja de Santo António, construída no século XVII

Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco

Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco

Firestation (Bombeiros Voluntários)

Escola do Magistério PrimárioDr. Alfredo de Magalhães

Campo do Castelo e Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Agonia

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Agonia

Brasao portao do Passamano Avenida do Conde da Carreira

Igreja de Santa Cruz do antigo convento de São Domingos

Igreja da Caridade

Convento de Sant'Ana (séc.

XVI-XX)

the Convento de Santa Ana, now the Hospital da

Caridade, a former

Benedictine convent dating,

with its Manueline tower, from the

16th C. Its church has rich talha

dourada decoration.

Capela das Malheiras (Séc. XVIII)

Capela das Malheiras (Séc. XVIII)

The Monte de Santa Luzia (250m/820ft) is about 5km/3mi northeast of Viana do Castelo, topped by its 19th C. Neo Byzantine church of Santa Luzia, a place of pilgrimage. It can be reached by car and by a funicular which leaves from near the station. It is worth making the trip if only for the magnificent view.

Situated on top of the mountain of Santa Luzia, a basilica was built at the beginning of the twentieth century, copy of the Sacre Couer in Montmartre, Paris

Palacete Werneck

Originally a Greek trading post, and still a modest little port in the Middle Ages, Viana achieved prosperity and importance at the time of the great voyages of discovery in the reign of Manuel I, especially on account of the then very profitable cod fisheries off the coast of Newfoundland. In the 19th C., during the conflict between the Liberals and the monarchy, it sided with the Royalists and thus earned its charter from Queen Maria II and was henceforth known as Viana do Castelo, having previously been called Viana da Foz do Lima.

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Sound: Amália Rodrigues - Meu amor, meu amor; Havemos de ir a Viana