Macedo de Cavaleiros
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Macedo de Cavaleiros is a city and municipality in northeastern Portugal, in Bragança District. The population in 2011 was 15,776, in an area of 699.14 km2.
The reservoir formed by the Azibo Dam, in the Paisagem Protegida da Albufeira do Azibo
The view of the Azibo Protected Landscape, and aspects of the hilltops the circle the communities of Macedo de Cavaleiros
Bragança District
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Bragança District is a traditional political division of Portugal, in the northeast corner bordering on Spain, covering 7.4% of the nation's continental landmass. As of the 2011 census the total resident population was 136,252, making it the second-least populous district in Portugal, only surpassing Portalegre District.
The ancient Domus Municipalis in the Roman civitas of Brigantia was the base of organized settlement
Afonso, first Duke of Braganza, whose Dukedom developed from the Braganção family lands established in Castro de Avelãs
Civil Governor's residence in the district seat of Bragança
A stone home from the 17th century in the municipality of Mogadouro