Timeline of Braga

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Braga, Portugal.

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

  • 2001
    • Cm-braga.pt website online (approximate date).[18]
    • Population: 112,039 in city;[16] 831,366 in district.
  • 2002 - Pavilhão das Goladas (arena) opens.
  • 2003 - Estádio Municipal de Braga (stadium) opens.
  • 2004
    • Completion of the works of modernization and electrification of Oporto–Braga railway line, which included the construction of a new building for Braga railway station. The modernisation allowed the extension of the high-speed Alfa Pendular trains from Oporto to Braga, a service which started on June 5, 2004.[19]
    • Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro da Silva (library) opens.
    • Part of UEFA Euro 2004 football contest played in Braga.
  • 2011 - Population: 181,819 in city; 848,185 in district.
  • 2013
  • 2014 - Organ Festival of Braga begins.

See also

References

  1. "Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico" [Architectural Heritage Database]. Monumentos.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. Cesar Valenca, "Braga", Oxford Art Online Retrieved 10 November 2017
  3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Portugal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  4. Britannica 1910.
  5. López 1907.
  6. E. Michael Gerli, ed. (2003). "Braga". Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93918-6.
  7. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  8. Chambers 1901.
  9. "Built Heritage". Cm-braga.pt (in English and Portuguese). Município de Braga. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  10. "História da BPB" (in Portuguese). Universidade do Minho. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  11. Alberto Feio (1920), A Biblioteca Pública de Braga: notas históricas (in Portuguese)
  12. Ricardo Graça. "Núcleo urbano da cidade de Braga". Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral do Património Cultural. Retrieved 10 November 2017. (Includes timeline)
  13. "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1865 via HathiTrust.
  14. "Portugal". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  15. "Arquivo Distrital de Braga: Apresentação" (in Portuguese). Universidade do Minho. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  16. "Portugal". Europa World Year Book 2004. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
  17. Douglas L. Wheeler; Walter C. Opello Jr. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Portugal (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7075-8.
  18. "Cm-braga.pt" (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal de Braga. Archived from the original on 2 April 2001 via Wayback Machine.
  19. "Alfa Pendular inicia ligações Braga-Faro". Público. 5 June 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Portuguese

  • Luís Cardoso, ed. (1751). "Braga". Diccionario geografico, ou, Noticia historica de todas as cidades...de Portugal (in Portuguese). 2. Lisbon: Regia Officina Sylviana and Academia Real. OCLC 987786218.
  • Pinho Leal (1873). "Braga". Portugal Antigo e Moderno: Diccionario... (in Portuguese). 1. Mattos Moreira. pp. 432+.
  • "Braga". Diccionario encyclopedico ou novo diccionario da lingua portugueza (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). Lisbon: Francisco Arthur da Silva. 1874. OCLC 14951122.
  • Carlos Augusto da Silva Campos, ed. (1886), "Negociantes e industriaes das provincias e ilhas: Braga", Almanach Commercial de Lisboa (in Portuguese), pp. 224–228
  • José Augusto Vieira (1887), "Braga", O Minho Pitoresco (in Portuguese), 2, Lisbon: Parceria A. M. Pereira, pp. 7–80
  • Bernardino José de Senna Freitas (1890–1891). Memorias de Braga (in Portuguese). Braga: Imprensa Catholica.
  • Albano Bellino (1895). Inscripções e lettreiros da cidade de Braga (in Portuguese). Porto: Typographia Occidental.
  • Esteves Pereira; Guilherme Rodrigues, eds. (1906). "Braga". Portugal: Diccionario Historico... (in Portuguese). 2. Lisbon: Joao Romano Torres. OCLC 865826167.
  • Eduardo Pires de Oliveira. As alterações toponímicas 1380–1980, Braga, 1982
  • Eduardo Pires de Oliveira et al. Braga Evolução da Estrutura Urbana, Braga, 1982
  • José Marques. Braga Medieval, Braga, 1983
  • Alberto Feio, (1984), Coisas Memoráveis de Braga (in Portuguese)
  • José Manuel da Silva Passos, (1996), O Bilhete Postal Ilustrado e a História Urbana de Braga (in Portuguese), Lisbon
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