Location of the street in Portugal | |
Native name | Rua de Santa Maria (Portuguese) |
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Former name(s) | Rua da Infesta (upper section) |
Part of | Historic Centre of Guimarães |
Type | Medieval street |
Location | Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião, Guimarães, Portugal |
Coordinates | 41°26′39″N 8°17′34″W / 41.444069°N 8.292782°W |
Construction | |
Completion | Before the 12th century |
Other | |
Status | Preserved |
Website | www.cm-guimaraes.pt/rua-de-santa-maria |
The Santa Maria Street (Portuguese: Rua de Santa Maria) is a street of medieval origin in the historic centre of Guimarães, being for many centuries the most important street in Guimarães and home to some of its elite.
The street currently connects the Oliveira and the Santiago Square to the Carmo Square. It is already referred to by the name “Rua de Santa Maria” in documents that date to the 12th century, although its upper section was given the old name of Rua da Infesta (Infesta Street).[1]
Along its route there are various notable architectural and cultural testimonies of the past, such as “casas” (houses in English):
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