Citânia de Briteiros, Guimarães, Portugal

The archaeological ruins of Briteiros belong to a pre-Roman settlement from the Iron Age.It has the general features of the Castro Culture, common in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula.
Around the 1st century BC, the settlement was conquered by the Romans and went through a process of Romanisation, of which there are several remains- coins, engravings in Latin, imported ceramics fragments.
The settlement was abandoned in the 3rd century but evidence shows that there was a transitory reoccupation in the High Middle Ages (11th to 13th centuries), which included the construction of a medieval chapel and graveyard on the Acropolis.
The ruins were discovered in 1874 by Portuguese archaeologist Martins Sarmento and the artefacts removed from the site are exhibited in Guimarães in a museum that carries his name.

Opening hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (6 p.m. from April to Sept.)
Closed: 25 Dec., 1 Jan. and Easter Sunday

Ticket (standard): €3

How to get there: From Guimaraes by car or taxi (€33 round trip); from Braga take bus 83 to Lageosa and then walk the final 2 km.

Back to Braga



Local: 4805 Briteiros, Portugal

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