Guimarães, the first capital city of Portugal, is filled with a multitude of notable and historic buildings that fill its historic centre, a World Heritage Site due to its size and preservation,[1] and other surrounding areas. This article serves as a comprehensive list of the many notable buildings in the city, divided into different categories, and organized following the alphabetical order system.
Historic landmarks
List of the numerous historical landmarks in Guimarães, from various distinct time periods, that had a big impact on the history of the city and of Portugal.
Last standing defensive tower of the medieval fortifications of Guimarães, used as a publicity billboard between the early 1900s and 1934 (date of its restoration).[2] It holds the iconic Aqui Nasceu Portugal (Here Portugal Was Born) sign, reminding everyone that Portugal's independence was achieved in the premises of the city, that was added in the 1960s.[2] On 3 August 2024 a museum was inaugurated inside the Alfândega Tower.[3]
Typical houses of the Pre-Roman inhabitants of northern Portugal, called Castros. Guimarães has two conglomerates of Castro houses, called Citânias: the Citânia de Briteiros[6] and the Citânia de Sabroso [pt].[7]
The Botequim do Vagomestre was both a Botequim and a Social club that opened around 1816 and closed in 1894.[12]Liberalist ideas were often discussed here as these were highly unpopular at that time, forcing the place to go through regular periods without clients due to fear.[12] Author Camilo Castelo Branco and Martins Sarmento met at the establishment in more than one occasion.[13] It is currently a residencial building and a Teahouse.
19th century buildings at the entrance of the Toural, next to the Alfândega Tower, that houses the Café Milenário, the most famous café of the city and birthplace of Vitória S.C..[14]
19th century house in the revivalist Tudor style, replacing the typical wooden frames with the more abundant granite. It was originally owned by a Baron and it later became a kindergarten in 1974.[35] Its located in the extermity of the Santa Maria Street. [35]
Noble house. It suffered a massive fire in 6 April 1948.[44] In 2024 it went through restoration and rehabilitation works, to be turned into a school/hotel.[45]
Also known as Casa do Guardal, paying homage to the former residence of the Freitas do Amaral family in Guimarães, which was destroyed during the Portuguese Civil War,[60] it stands today as the sole surviving house in the Toural adorned with a coat of arms.
Rococo style noble house where the Commercial and Industrial Association of Guimarães was founded in 1865. 15th century walls, 13th century ceramic and coins from the reign of Afonso V and Sebastian I where found here during excavations in the 2000s.[64]
Now mostly used as a restaurant,[77] it received the Public Interest Building status in 2018 via the decree n.º 980/2018, DR, 2.ª série, n.º 202/2018[78] and the Municipal Interest Building status in 2019 via the decree n.º 352/2019, DR, 2.ª série, n.º 52/2019.[79]
The Assembly of Guimarães is an association founded in 1962 whose statutory aims are to provide its members with cultural and recreational activities and promote the moral and material progress of the municipality.[92] The institution’s headquarters were designed by Fernando Távora[93] and it was built between 1969 and 1972, following the modernist style.[94]
The Fábrica da Avenida was part of the Companhia de Fiação e Tecidos de Guimarães, that also owned another factory in Campelos and a hydroelectric plant in Ronfe.[97]
Situated adjacent to the Jordão Theatre, the Garagem Avenida predates the theatre's construction and stood as the primary car repair shop in Guimarães throughout the 20th century.
The Gil Vicente Theatre, now referred to as Associação de Socorros Mútuos Artística Vimaranense, is a venetian gothic revival building built sometime between 1888 and 1908[106] by the Venecian architect Nicola Bigaglia [pt],[107] that is historically connected to the artistic side of the city.
Designed in 1988 by Fernando Távora[108] and completed in 1993 on the former site of the entrance gate to the Casa da Espinhosa,[109] the Guimarães Police Station serves as the headquarters of the PSP in the city.
The building known as “O Casarão” (The Big House), originally owned by the family of writer Raul Brandão, was, in 1995, restored and repurposed into a hotel after years of abandonment.[113]
The Ramada Tanning Factory (Fábrica de Curtumes da Ramada) was part of an industrial textile complex that functioned between the 1930s and 2005,[118] although the building was built before this, in the 1800s.[119] It was converted into a bar and the University of Minho's Design Institute.[120][121]
Sports in Guimarães are largely influenced by Vitória S.C., with Moreirense F.C. also holding a significant position. Below is a compilation of notable sports-related venues and locations in Guimarães.
Stadium of Vitória S.C., the main football club of the city, was built in 1965 and renovated in 2003 for Euro 2004.[123] It regularly hosts international matches.
In Portuguese, Monumento aos 500 anos do Teatro Português, is a monument by Irene Vilar dedicated to Gil Vicente and the five centuries of Portuguese theatre, located at the São Dâmaso Boulevard.
^ abRollo, Maria Fernanda; Ribeiro, Maria Manuela Tavares; Pires, Ana Paula; Nunes, João Paulo Avelãs. "ATAS — I CONGRESSO DE HISTÓRIA CONTEMPORÂNEA"(PDF). run.unl.pt (in Portuguese). Lisbon: IHC. pp. 265–276. Archived(PDF) from the original on 30 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^Adelaide Pereira de Moraes, Maria (1966). "Arquivo Municipal Alfredo Pimenta". Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^Guimarães, Municipality of (14 March 2019). "Edital 352/2019, de 14 de Março". dre.tretas.org (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^"Casa Mota-Prego". www.monumentos.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^"Assembleia de Guimarães". Assembleia de Guimarães (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^Guimarães: O Espírito do Lugar, Arquitectura e Espaços Verdes [Guimarães: The Spirit of the Place, Architecture and Green Spaces] (in Portuguese). Villas & Golfe. p. 48.
^Moraes, Maria Adelaide Pereira de (December 2001). Velhas Casas de Guimarães [Old Houses of Guimarães] (in European Portuguese). Vol. II. Porto: Centro de Estudos de Geneologia, Heráldica e História da Família da Universidade Moderna do Porto. p. 815. ISBN972-8682-11-5.
^ abNeves, António Amaro das (21 April 2018). "O cortejo de mil carros (Guimarães, 1943)" [The one thousand car parade (Guimarães, 1943)]. Memórias da Araduca (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 July 2024. Second photograph
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