• named San Martín – Saint Martin of Braga (c. 520–580), archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Gallaecia San Mateo Cajonos and seven other municipalities named...
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    Hispania's two other large cities, Bracara Augusta in the province of Tarraconensis (Portuguese Braga), and Emerita Augusta, the capital of Lusitania. The...
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    became Henry, Count of Portugal and based his newly formed county from Bracara Augusta (modern Braga). In the Battle of São Mamede in 1128, Afonso Henriques...
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    Galicia, in the towns of Braga (Bracara Augusta) and Porto, and later in Lugo (Lucus Augusta) and Astorga (Asturica Augusta). The valley of the Limia (or...
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    the confluence of the north-south traffic that connected the Roman Bracara Augusta (Roman name of Braga) and Olisipo (Roman name of Lisbon) with its waterway...
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    bridges was built to link the cities and other settlements. Braga (Bracara Augusta) was the capital of the Gallaecia province and still has vestiges of...
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