Historical Center
Guimarães
The place from the Portuguese nationality, its historical capital, Guimarães is nowadays a modern, creative and vibrant city. In recent years it has achieved remarkable notoriety, as a result of several developments, that have resulted in successful marks: it is enlisted as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, by UNESCO in 2001. In 2012 and 2013 the city received de denomination of European Capital of Culture and European City of Sports, respectively.
Following the bodywork developed before and during Guimarães 2012 - European Capital of Culture, the city is now going through a particularly important moment. It has established a strong cultural dynamism and has in place large infrastructure investment.
Guimarães has now important cultural venues that can host the most diverse events. This set of assets only exist in a few cities of this dimension and that make Guimarães a place of excellence in the field of reception, artistic creation and presentation of shows.
Besides Vila Flor Cultural Center the city has an impressive system, that works in complementarity - the International Art Center José de Guimarães, the Candoso Creation Center, the Black Box of Fábrica Asa and the Espaço Oficina. The urban intervention in the Praça de Couros also gave this place excellent conditions for the enjoyment of artistic moments.
Guimarães
The place from the Portuguese nationality, its historical capital, Guimarães is nowadays a modern, creative and vibrant city. In recent years it has achieved remarkable notoriety, as a result of several developments, that have resulted in successful marks: it is enlisted as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, by UNESCO in 2001. In 2012 and 2013 the city received de denomination of European Capital of Culture and European City of Sports, respectively.
Following the bodywork developed before and during Guimarães 2012 - European Capital of Culture, the city is now going through a particularly important moment. It has established a strong cultural dynamism and has in place large infrastructure investment.
Guimarães has now important cultural venues that can host the most diverse events. This set of assets only exist in a few cities of this dimension and that make Guimarães a place of excellence in the field of reception, artistic creation and presentation of shows.
Besides Vila Flor Cultural Center the city has an impressive system, that works in complementarity - the International Art Center José de Guimarães, the Candoso Creation Center, the Black Box of Fábrica Asa and the Espaço Oficina. The urban intervention in the Praça de Couros also gave this place excellent conditions for the enjoyment of artistic moments.
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