Braga is a large town in the north of Spain. Its near Porto which we will visit tomorrow. We walked the old town with the most interesting site being the Cathedral. The above was a room that had been painted.
But this is where it was really interesting. The guy on the left was buried in one of the back room vaults but at some point his tomb had cracked and timing or elements worked out perfectly that he was mummified. Creepy looking at that old a guy. On the right is a picture of the two organs in the church. They are from the 1700's and very impressive. One is still played on Sundays.
These two guys were facing each other. Not sure what they are but they were rather unique and I liked the style.
The cathedral was a big area with buildings. Its like a house gone wrong with additions. I will say it was one of the stranger layouts that I have seen. But it all makes sense as you see behind the walls. Who knows how many rebuilds this thing has gone through over the centuries.
If walls could only talk.
After Braga we went a few miles out of town, up a hill of course to a sanctuary of Dom Jesus.
They has a hanging garden that looked like a cave. it was very well laid out and served as a nice sitting area. The church is similar to the one was saw a few days ago but even more stairs.
Here is a look down at the city of Braga from the top of the stairs.
This is the very bottom of the stairs. You go through an archway and slowly work your way up. Hitting stations of the cross on your way to the main staircase.
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These are the little temples that house the stations of the cross. Similar to the last ones they have statues in them. But different from the last one they are much more detailed and the paintings make the scene really pop.
I was tempted to take a drink from this pool the bull just looked so satisfied and after climbing half way up the stairs this was looking real refreshing.
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