Guimarães is quite rightly known as the cradle of Portugal. It is said that King Afonso Henriques was born here and also that it was at Guimarães that Portugal first became an independent nation, after the Battle of St Mamede in 1128.

Near the historical centre of Guimarães, set on a hill overlooking the city, we find the majestic Pousada de Guimarães, Santa Marinha, a former XII Century Augustin Monastery, which after being rebuilt and restored, received the National Architectural Prize in 1985.

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Europe, Silves, Travel, Portugal
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