Historic Centre of Guimarães

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World Heritage Site historic city centre

The Historic Centre of Guimarães is a well-preserved medieval town core in northern Portugal, renowned as the birthplace of the Portuguese nation and celebrated for its historic architecture and urban fabric.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Guimarães Historic Centre 2
Historic Centre of Guimarães canonical 2
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Centre of Guimarães) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city centre ⓘ
associatedWith Afonso I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
buildingMaterial granite ⓘ
contains traditional Portuguese houses with wooden balconies ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Guimarães NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Collegiate Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guimarães Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Largo da Oliveira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palace of the Dukes of Braganza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Praça de Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rua de Santa Maria NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval city walls of Guimarães ⓘ
old town squares and plazas ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionReason outstanding example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town ⓘ
strong association with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity ⓘ
knownFor Gothic architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
historic architecture ⓘ
traditional Portuguese urban morphology ⓘ
well-preserved medieval urban fabric ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Braga District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guimarães NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norte Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Portugal ⓘ
mapCaption Location of the Historic Centre of Guimarães in Portugal ⓘ
nearestMajorCity Braga NERFINISHED ⓘ
nicknamed birthplace of the Portuguese nation ⓘ
partOf historic city of Guimarães ⓘ
municipality of Guimarães ⓘ
periodOfGreatestDevelopment 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
protectionStatus protected area under Portuguese heritage law ⓘ
significance associated with the formation of Portugal as a kingdom ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOListingYear 2001 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1031 ⓘ
urbanLayout irregular narrow streets ⓘ
medieval street plan ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norte Region → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Centre of Guimarães ⓘ
Guimarães → heritageDesignation → Historic Centre of Guimarães ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Centre of Guimarães)
Minho region → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Historic Centre of Guimarães ⓘ
northwestern Portugal → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Historic Centre of Guimarães ⓘ
subject surface form: Northwestern Portugal
this entity surface form: Guimarães Historic Centre
northern Portugal → hasCulturalHeritageSite → Historic Centre of Guimarães ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Portugal
this entity surface form: Guimarães Historic Centre