Antigos Paços do Concelho de Guimarães
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N 41° 26.583 W 008° 17.575
29T E 559066 N 4588182
Former Town Hall of Guimarães.
Waymark Code: WMAADV
Location: Braga, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/13/2010
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The construction started in the fifteenth centurie, two-storey building of rectangular plan and coverage to four waters. The ground floor is a porch supported by Gothic arches on the main floor and the balcony windows are preceded by iron balconies and topped by triangular pediments interrupted by armillary spheres and shells. Cornice runs along a row of battlements beveled. (National Monument)
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...