I had the opportunity to travel to Guimarães, a city where it is said that Portugal was born as a nation, a magical place full of history with a beautiful castle where the dukes lived, however while I was researching Guimarães was not the oldest city in Portugal and instead it appeared to me as a reference: "Ponte de Lima", and of course I thought why not visit this place in the north of the country and discover why it is listed as the oldest city? Make yourself comfortable and enjoy my experience!⛰️🌎
Tuve la oportunidad de viajar a Guimarães, una ciudad donde se dice que nacio Portugal como nacion, un lugar magico lleno de historia con un hermoso castillo donde vivieron los duques, sin embargo mientras investigaba Guimarães no era la ciudad mas antigua de Portugal y en cambio me aparecia como referencia: "Ponte de Lima", y claro pense porque no visitar este lugar en el norte del pais y descubrir el porque esta catalogada de la ciudad mas antigua?, ponte comodo y disfruta de mi experiencia!🧭🕌
Romanesque influences🚩⛰️/Influencias Romanicas🌎🧭
The whole history of "Ponte de Lima" dates back to the Roman era, there are some documents dating back to the time of the reconquests 910-1100 where it is stated that the Romans inhabited the area possibly in the 1st century AD, passing a medieval bridge there is a story of a battle fought by a Roman troop, we will see that later! The city is quiet, it is not crowded with tourists and it has many free parking lots, as well as several places of historical interest to visit!🧭🌎
Toda la historia de "Ponte de lima" se remonta a la era romana, existen algunos documentos que datan de la epoca de las reconquistas 910-1100 donde se expresa que los Romanos habitaron la zona posiblemente en el I despues de Cristo, pasando un puente medieval hay una historia de un combate librado por una tropa Romana ya lo vamos a ver mas adelante! la ciudad es tranquila, no esta abarrotada de turistas y tiene muchos estacionamientos gratuitos, asi como varios lugares de interes historicos para visitar!🌍🚩
Legend of the Lethes River🚩⛰️/Leyenda del rio lethes🌎🧭
the river "lethes" was the name that the Romans called the river Lima, there is a legend that the commander "Decius Junius Brutus" fought a battle on the south bank of the bridge, but the soldiers were afraid to cross the river because they thought it was a hot river like those of hot springs, in view of the fear of the soldiers the commander crossed the river with his horse and called each soldier by name to motivate him to cross as well. Of course I want to clarify that the bridge is medieval and did not exist at that time! This is believed to have been in 146 BC.🌎🧭
el rio "lethes" era el nombre que los Romanos llamaron al rio Lima, existe una leyenda que el comandante "Decius Junius Brutus" libro una batalla del margen sur del puente, pero los soldados tenian miedo de atravesar el rio porque pensaban que era un rio caliente como aquellos de aguas termales, en vista del miedo de los soldados el comandante paso el rio con su caballo y llamo a cada soldado con su nombre para motivarlo a pasar tambien. Claro quiero aclarar que el puente es medieval y no existia en esa epoca! esto se cree fue en el 146 antes de Cristo.
Church "Santo Antonio da Torre Velha"🕌⛰️/Iglesia "Santo antonio da torre velha"🌎🧭
It seemed very modern to me and with those touches of colorful tiles it gave me the impression that it was not a medieval church and I was right... It is a small church that dates back to the 18th century and was built to guide pilgrims who do the "Camino de Santiago" route, the church was renovated in the 19th century and is very pretty inside, in fact it is among my top 10 churches in Portugal in comparison to its small size.🧭🌎
Me parecio muy moderna y con esos toques de azulejos coloridos me dio la impresion que no era una iglesia medieval y tenia razon... Es una pequena iglesia que data del siglo XVIII y que se construyo para guiar a los peregrinos que hacen la ruta "camino de santiago", la iglesia fue reformada en el XIX y esta muy bonita por dentro en realidad esta entre mis iglesias top 10 de Portugal en comparacion con su pequeno tamano.🚩🌍
"Camino de Santiago" walk🕌⛰️/Caminata "Camino de santiago"🌎🧭
The most important pilgrimage in the world🧭🚩
The "Camino de Santiago" pilgrimage is the most popular in Europe and I dare say in the world. People from various countries travel more than 500 km to reach the church "Santiago da Compostela" to honor the apostle Santiago. If I'm not mistaken, it is a tradition that has existed since the post-medieval era, and the village of "Ponte de Lima" is a mandatory stop to finish the path! That yellow sign indicates that it is the path you must take to get to Spain.🧭📸
La peregrinacion de "Camino de Santiago" es la mas popular de europa y hasta me atrevo a decir del mundo, gente de varios paises recorrer mas de 500km para llegar a la iglesia "Santiago da compostela" para honrar al apostol Santiago, si no me equivoco es una tradicion que ya existia desde la era post medieval, y la aldea de "ponte de lima" es un paso obligatorio para terminar el sendero! esa senalizacion amarilla indica que es el camino que debes hacer para llegar a Espana.📸
See what I meant? Some shops make decorations and souvenirs on the Camino de Santiago theme, meaning you can order the flag of your country and some accessories that the pilgrims carry, like the famous clam, symbol of the pilgrimage of purity. Then there are some monuments dedicated to royal figures who passed through the city and which you can take photos of.🌎🚩
Ves a lo que me referia? algunas tiendas hacen decoraciones y souvenirs sobre la tematica de camino de Santiago, osea puedes mandar a fabricar la bandera de tu pais y algunos accesorios que llevan los peregrinos como la famosa almeja simbolo de la peregrinacion pureza, luego hay algunos monumentos dedicados a personajes de la realeza que pasaron por la ciudad y la cual puedes tirarte fotos.🧭🕌
Historic center🕌⛰️/Centro historico🌎🧭
After leaving my car in the main square we crossed the bridge, I won't talk much about it because I'll make a post with the drone! We arrived at the city center and what an impression I got, everything is very clean and well-kept, a lot of medieval and gothic architecture everywhere, there is a restaurant area with a variety of shops and stores for all tastes, there are several souvenir shops, it would be good to buy a local wine.🧭🚩
Luego de dejar mi carro en la plaza principal atravesamos el puente, no hablare mucho de el porque hare un post con el drone! llegaremos al centro de la ciudad y vaya impresion que me llevo, todo esta muy limpio y cuidado, bastante arquitectura medieval y gotica por todos lados, hay un area de restauracion con una variedad de comercios y locales para todos los gustos, tienes varias tiendas de Souvenir, seria bueno que compres un vino local.👩🏻🦯🌲
Why is it the oldest city?🕌⛰️/Porque es la ciudad mas antigua?🌎🧭
The logical explanation of why Ponte de Lima is the oldest city in Portugal is because it officially received the charter of town or "fuero de vilha" two years before Portugal was considered a legitimate country! This happened in the year 1125 knowing that Portugal was considered a country in 1127! In other words, legally I created a post on the first city of Portugal hehe it is now confirmed.🚩🕌
La explicacion logica del porque Ponte de Lima es la ciudad mas antigua de Portugal es porque oficialmente recibio la carta de villa o "fuero de vilha" dos anos antes de que Portugal fuera considerado un pais legitimo! esto ocurrio en el ano 1125 sabiendo que Portugal es considerado pais en 1127! osea legalmente cree un post en la primera ciudad de Portugal jeje ya es confirmado.🌎⛰️
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_de_Lima
Remains of a medieval tower🏰⛰️/Restos de torre medieval🌎🧭
This tower is when the village went through the medieval era, there were built the famous bridge and a wall which remains intact until today and thanks to the tower you can delimit the city fence between the 13th and 14th centuries, there are two interesting things to see in the tower first that written there that says "cheias" that is the levels where the river reached when it overflowed, that is, in the year 1909 the water rose more than 3 meters high, literally covering all the houses in the village, and then we see a beautiful tile making reference to one of the battles fought in Ponte de Lima by "Cabras sao Senhor".🌎🚩
Esta torre es cuando la aldea paso por la era medieval, alli se construyo el famoso puente y una muralla la cual se mantiene intacta hasta el dia de hoy y gracias a la torre se puede delimitar el cercado de la ciudad entre los siglos XIII-XIV, hay dos cosas interesantes para ver en la torre primero eso escrito alli que dice "cheias" eso es los niveles donde el rio llego cuando se desborda, osea en el ano 1909 el agua subio mas de 3 metros de altura, literalmente tapo todas las casas de la aldea, y luego vemos un hermoso azulejo haciendo referencia a uno de los combates librados en Ponte de Lima por "Cabras sao Senhor".🧭🌍
This is another of the towers that are preserved in the city wall, when the city was fortified it had six entrances and exits to the outside, all duly guarded, it was built in 1511 by order of King D. Manuel🧭🚩
Esta es otra de las torres que se conservan en la muralla de la ciudad, cuando se fortifico la ciudad tenia seis entradas y salidas hacia el exterior todo debidamente vigilado, fue construida en 1511 por orden del rey D. Manuel🏰🏰
Where to eat?🏰🥩/Donde comer?🌎🧭
There are plenty of restaurants in the city, but they are really expensive. If you don't want to spend too much, visit "o floral da sorte" (the floral restaurant) where they have a daily menu for 11 euros with a drink included, while in another restaurant you will spend 80 euros for two people! We ordered some beef bites, ufff, too good!🧭🚩
Restaurantes sobran en la ciudad pero de verdad son demasiado costosos, si no quieres gastar mucho visita "o floral da sorte" ellos tienen menu del dia a 11euros con bebida incluida, mientras otro restaurante gastaras 80 euros para dos personas! pedimos bitoques de carne ufff demasiado bueno!🥩🥙
Church "Iglesia de Santa María de los Ángeles"🏰🚩/iglesia 🌎🧭
This is the central church of the town and therefore the oldest one, it was consecrated in the year 1276, that is, in the middle of the 13th century, dedicated to Christianity and in a romantic style! I really liked the inside, everything is very pretty and has a mysterious air, the part where the Christ is with gold is too beautiful!⛰️🧭
Esta es la iglesia centro de la villa y por ende la mas antigua se consagro en el ano 1276 osea en pleno siglo XIII, dedicada al cristianismo y de estilo romantico! me gusto mucho por dentro todo bien bonito y con un aire misterioso, la parte donde esta el cristo con dorados ufff demasiado hermoso!🌎🕌
Thanks for joining me🧭🚩
Overall I loved the walk in Ponte de Lima, learning about its history, its culture, its gastronomy was something that excited me because I had the motivation to visit the oldest town in Portugal, I think it has all the characteristics to spend a good vacation in the North of Portugal.🧭📸
En forma general adore el paseo en Ponte de lima, aprender su historia, su cultura, su gastronomia era algo que me emocionaba pues tenia la motivacion que iba a visitar el pueblo mas antigo de Portugal, creo que reune todas las caracteristicas para pasar unas buenas vacaciones en la zona Norte de Portugal.📸
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