Hotel do Elevador received the last initiative of the cycle of conferences organized by Confraria do Bom Jesus.
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Bom Jesus presents an unprecedented view of the city of Braga
Confraria do Bom Jesus promoted a visit yesterday to the various interventions of the project “Bom Jesus: Requalificar II”, during which it was possible to appreciate an unprecedented view of the city Braga from one of the bell tower of the basilica.The space will open to public visitation on June 30, the date of completion of the requalification works of the minhoto sanctuary, which intends to integrate the list of World Heritage of UNESCO.
Requalification of the Bom Jesus reveals treasures of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
The new president of Tourism of Porto and North of Portugal visited yesterday the works of requalification of the Basilica of Bom Jesus, candidate for World Heritage of UNESCO. Luís Pedro Martins said that the entity intends to «make known this destination because, once they see the first time, it will be easy to attract and retain tourists».
Bom Jesus do Monte needs guides to decipher eighteenth century symbols
The professor of the University of Coimbra Rogério de Sousa said yesterday that «to detect the symbolic elements introduced in the complex of Bom Jesus do Monte by D. Rodrigo de Moura Teles (Archbishop of Braga from 1704 to 1728) a guide is necessary».
New technologies are helping to restore the Basílica of Bom Jesus.
The work of conservation and restoration that is taking place in the Basílica of Bom Jesus is having precious help of new technologies. A multispectral camera allows, without causing damage, to perceive what kind of interventions were performed in the past and what the original paintings were.
Marcelo visited Bom Jesus do Monte in São João de Braga
Less than a week after the application of the São João de Braga Festivities to Intangible Cultural Heritage, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had planned to spend the day in the city, beginning by visiting the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte.
Conference questions romanticized society of the centurie XVI and XVII in Braga
The auditorium of the Hotel do Elevador hosted yesterday another conference at Bom Jesus do Monte, dedicated to the devotional and behavioral reality of bracarense society of the centurie XVI and XVII.
Decisive Franciscans in devotion to the Cross at Bom Jesus do Monte
The historian Aurélio de Oliveira dismounted yesterday, in Bom Jesus do Monte, certain convictions regarding the origins of the pictorial and plastic representations present in the sanctuary bracarense, underlining the importance of the franciscans in expanding devotion to the Cross.
The Cross was used as an essential element and symbol of the providential mission of Portugal
Pedro Vilas Boas Tavares, lecturer of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, was the guest of another session of the “Conferências do Bom Jesus do Monte”, which took place yesterday at the Hotel do Parque, in the office of the Bom Jesus.
Awards Ceremony “Bom Jesus na Objetiva”
Bracarenses invited to see Bom Jesus with the objective of the heart. Visit the exhibition at Bom Jesus, Cónego Cândido Pedrosa Exhibition Center.