Guimarães (pronounced [gimɐˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ]) is a city and municipality in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the district of Braga. In the 9th century, Vímara Peres was able to expel the Moors and founded a fortified town under his own name Vi
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