Braga
a city of Portugal, capital of the province of Minho, situated on an eminence between the rivers Cavado and D'Este, 34 miles N. E. of Oporto by rail. It is the residence of the Primate of Portugal, who has a palace here. It has also a fine Gothie cathedral (12th century), partly modernized, the Church of Santa Cruz (1642), and manufactures of linen, hats, cutlery, firearms, jewelry, etc. The Bracara Augusta of the Romans, it retains ruins of a temple, an amphitheater, and an aqueduct. Near it is the celebrated Sanctuario do bom Jesus do Monte, which is still a place of pilgrimage. In the 6th century, Braga was the chief city of the Suevi, and it fell successively into the hands of the Goths and Moors, from the latter of whom it was by Alphonso of Castile. Braga produces hats, arms, textiles. and gold and silver articles. Pop. about 25,000.
BRAGANÇA, the name of two considerable towns in Brazil. (1) Bragança, a seaport, 100 miles N. E. of Para, at the mouth of the Caite, which is here navigable to the town. Pop. of town about 6,000. (2) Bragança, an BRAGANZA United States, as well as in his own country. He excelled mainly in national inland city of about 10,000 inhabitants, with the greatest success on the lead- 50 miles to the N. E. of São Paulo.