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Uma intervenção arqueológica nas portas de Braga da vila de Ponte de Lima

02 Dezembro 2001

ALMEIDA, Carlos Alberto Brochado de; RODRIGUES, Sandra Raquel da Silva - Uma intervenção arqueológica nas portas de Braga da Vila de Ponte de Lima. Portugália. Porto: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. ISSN 0971-4290. Vol. 21-22 (2000-2001), p.191-248.

Resumo

This archaeological intervention meant to discover a missing part of the walls from Ponte de Lima and, specifically, one of his emblematic entries: the Portas de Braga. Through it went on ali the traffic that proceeded from the city of Braga, using the ancient roman road Bracara-Limie-Tude. In the excavated área, limited to a yard, the team os archaeologists could only discover two compartments belonging to a house with a wine press. This building made part of a farmhouse located nearby the city walls. The ceramic materiais found, combined with written documentation, lead to a chronology posterior to the XVI century.