Braga is a city and municipality in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho, Braga district capital and one of the largest and oldest cities. He is Cávado River Valley. The city is distinguished by a large number of markets and churches. As a religious
and theological center of the leading Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Primate of Portugal head earned the nickname "City of the archbishops' and 'Rome of Portugal'.
In time the area became an important industrial and technological center. As the number of inhabitants - 175 073, is the fifth city of Braga in Portugal, after Lisbon, Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia Amadora.
