Chaves is located on a fluvial plateau with (Veiga de Chaves) about 8.5 km long and 3 km wide. The Tamega River flows through it.
Roman Legacy
Architecture
In the historic center of Chaves, it is worth highlighting the houses with wooden balconies and covered porches, using primary and strong colors, which contrast with granite. Houses with 3 floors, where the first floor is made in a cantilever, to gain area, and the last one is also in a cantilever but this time open (balcony) covered with the extension of the roof eaves.
The Roman legions that settled here chose the fertile valley of Tâmega, where the city is today, and built fortifications on the periphery, taking advantage of some existing castros.
The importance of this urban nucleus was great, and the category of Municipality was elevated in A.D. 79 founded by Tito Flavio Vespasiano, having designated it Aquae Flaviae, in honor of the local thermal waters.
It is the street that connects Largo do Arrabalde to the bridge of Trajan, and that has two levels, one that goes down to the river, and the street that goes up to the Roman bridge. Trajan's bridge was built between the end of the 1st century and ...
Inside the Forte de S.Francisco, is located the Church of Santa Catarina, belonging to the former S.Francisco convent. It was built in the century. XVI. Until 1942 here was the tomb of D. Afonso son of D. João I, transferred to the Pantheon of the...
Inside the Forte de S.Francisco, is located the Church of Santa Catarina, belonging to the former S.Francisco convent. It was built in the century. XVI. Until 1942 here was the tomb of D. Afonso son of D. João I, transferred to the Pantheon of the...
Until the century. XIX this city had a wall, with some bastions. Gradually this urban wall was being dismantled or destroyed, but some of its ramparts and sections of wall remained that can be seen in certain streets. This square would be outside ...
Built by D. Dinis in the 19th century. XIV. Nowadays it houses a military museum, and from its top you can enjoy a panoramic view over the city, from the historic center. City walls
"Rua Direita", despite being formally tortuous streets, were functionally the shopping center, ‘the heart’, and the main circulation axis, connecting the landmarks, ‘the vital organs’ The covered veranda that preserves the architecture of the olde...
Until the century. XIX this city had a wall, with some bastions. Gradually this urban wall was being dismantled or destroyed, but there are some of its bastions and sections of wall that can be seen in certain streets. In this street we see one of...
Buvette das Termas de Chaves 1952 Januário Godinho Located in the urban center, on the right bank of the Tâmega river and close to several hotels, the thermal complex fits into the riverside landscape requalified by the Polis project. Places to vi...
Buvette das Termas de Chaves 1952 Januário Godinho Located in the urban center, on the right bank of the Tâmega river and close to several hotels, the thermal complex fits into the riverside landscape requalified by the Polis project. Places to vi...
