Braga - Cathedral Sé

Returning through the pedestrian precinct, this time a few yards to the east and then through the Rua do Cabido, we can see the main facade of the Cathedral, the Sé or Catedral. This jewel in Braga's crown was built in the 11th C. on the site of an earlier Romanesque church, enlarged in later centuries and remodeled in Manueline style in the early 16th C.

Its most striking external features are the west porch, with three bays of groined vaulting and a beautiful iron grille, and a charming figure of Nossa Senhora do Leite (Our Lady of Milk), probably by the French sculptor Nicolas Chanteren, on the rear wall of the choir.