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Bragança (Portuguese: [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ] ⓘ; Mirandese: Bergáncia), also known in English as Braganza (/ b r ə ˈ ɡ æ n z ə / brə-GAN-zə, US also /-ˈ ɡ ɑː n-/- GAHN-), [1] [2] is a city and municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the district of Bragança, in the Terras de Trás-os-Montes subregion of Portugal.
Bragança District (Portuguese: Distrito de Bragança [bɾɐˈɣɐ̃sɐ] ⓘ; Mirandese: Çtrito de Bergáncia) is a traditional political division of Portugal, in the northeast corner bordering on Spain (Castile and Leon and Galicia), covering 7.4% of the nation's continental landmass.
One site, the Laurisilva, is located in the island of Madeira and is Portugal's only natural site; the other sites are cultural. Two sites are located in the Azores archipelago. The Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde is shared with Spain, making it Portugal's only transnational site. [3]
Map of Brazil issued by Portuguese explorers in 1519. ... This was the beginning of the House of Braganza, which reigned in Portugal until 1910.
The marriage of Afonso (1st Duke of Braganza) and Beatriz, daughter of Nuno Álvares Pereira started the House of Braganza. During their time, Afonso V (1438-1481) raised Bragança to city status. During the reign of King Manuel I (1495-1521), the town and its castle's architecture and site plan were recorded by Duarte de Armas in his Book of ...
Afonso I, first Duke of Braganza and founder of the House of Braganza Isabel of Braganza was the first to intermarry with the royal family, as wife of Infante João, Constable of Portugal. The House of Braganza originated with Afonso I , an illegitimate son of King John I of Portugal , founder of the House of Aviz , and Inês Pires.
An engraving showing the ruins of the Paços dos Duques de Bragança The Terreiro da Misericórdia, showing the shadowy figure of the Palace in the background (right). The residence was ordered to be built in the first quarter of the 15th century (likely 1420 to 1422) by Afonso, Count of Barcelos, the illegitimate son of John, and future Duke of Braganza, following his return to Portugal after ...
Duchy of Braganza, a fief in medieval history of Portugal; Braganza (company), a Norwegian holding E company; Mr Renford Braganza or his widow, the claimant in the case of Braganza v BP Shipping Limited and another, a 2015 UK Supreme Court case addressing the concept of Wednesbury unreasonableness, or irrationality, in relation to employment law