Cidade Berco
Because of the rain, we stayed as long as we were allowed at the Stay Hotel, before we got a Uber to the go to the Palace.
Guimaraes is known in Portual as Cidade Berco (the cradle city) because:
- The first king Afonso Henriques was born here, and
- the Battle of Sao Mamede, which led to the establishing of the Kingdom of Portugal was fought here.
Of course it is a city of many historical sites:
The royal palace. Right outside of the lower right corner, there is a small chapel, where the first king was said to be baptized. We overheard a tour guide of another group empahsized that it was a legend because the chapel was believed to be constructured at least decades later. Within the palace, there was a special exihibition of toture instruments and methods.
The castle was build on top of a stone mountain.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira (Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira) which was completed in 1413. It stands with the Padrao do Salado, a momument to commenmorate the victory in the Battle of Salado in 1340 to fend off a Muslim armada.
On our way back to the bus station, William had a superlong long hotdog in local style.