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Bragança’s modest old cathedral started out in 1545 as the Igreja de São João Baptista, but moved up the ranks to become a cathedral in 1770 when the bishopric moved here from Miranda do Douro. It was then downgraded again when Bragança’s contemporary cathedral, the Igreja de Nossa Senhora Rainha, opened just west of the centre.

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