Braganza Museum Of The Military

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Braganza Museum Of The Military

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Pablo Lopez

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Photograph - Digital Image

Description

The Museu Militar de Bragança (Braganza Museum of the Military) occupies the Keep of the Braganza Castle and constitutes the perfect space for the lived memories of the soldiers of the city.

The museum was founded in 1929 as part of the recovery of the castle, and its archive is composed of a collection of light weapons from the 13th to WWI.

There is great variance, exhibiting from Neolithic axes to espingardas from the 18th century, as well as banners, photography, antique furniture, and war supplies. Even some artistic elements from the African colonies, mainly Angola, can be seen. Most of the original pieces were donated by locals who took part in the Conquest of Africa or WWI.
Two of the rooms are lightened by Gothic “ajimeces” windows.

From the platform of the tower, reaching a more than impressing 33-meter height, you can have an excellent panoramic of the old city, low city, and nearby hills.

Braganza is a city and municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the district of Braganza, in the Terras de Tras-os-Montes subregion of Portugal.

Of the 18 Portuguese historical district capitals, Braganza is the farthest from Lisbon, the national capital.

The seat of the municipality is the city of Braganza, which consists of the parish Se, Santa Maria e Meixedo. In the hierarchy of Portuguese urban communities, Braganza is only second to Chaves in the sub-region of the Alto Tras-os-Montes. Historically, the municipality has seen a demographic evolution. The city of Braganza has generally seen positive growth, being the capital of the region, and attracting a more youthful component. Se and Santa Maria, the two primarily urban parishes, benefited directly from this, becoming the dynamic engine of growth in the territory, and developing into a pole in the interior northeast.

Notable landmarks in the city include the 12th-century Domus Municipalis (Portugal's oldest and largest town hall) in Romanesque style, the Renaissance cathedral, and the old town walls, which are still well preserved and look down on the river and the modern city.

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