Rua Dr. Justino Cruz, in Braga
Café Lusitana is located on Rua Dr. Justino Cruz, City of Braga, North of Portugal.
The Lusitana café is considered one of the oldest in the city of Braga and is located right next to the Santa Bárbara garden.
In the 60s to 80s, Café Lusitana was a high society café frequented by illustrious people from Braga society such as writers, lawyers, doctors and judges.
In the space while drinking a coffee you can taste the famous Tibias de Braga, and at the same time observe the spectacular Jardim Santa Bárbara where quick meals (veal rice), snacks and breakfasts are served until the end of the afternoon.
The space has a large terrace where you can calmly have a drink and admire the beautiful Santa Bárbara Garden next door, made up of roses, orange flowers, ornamental cabbage and small bushes.
Jardim de Santa Bárbara is a public garden next to the medieval wing of the Paço Episcopal Braga and has in its center a 17th century fountain topped by a statue of Santa Bárbara, which gives the garden its name.
Currently, Café Lusitana is known as a “Pastry and Tea Room” where it serves economical dishes.
The place has a typical Portuguese limestone sidewalk with decorative patterns made of black and white stones, and a terrace with tables and chairs surrounded by trees.
The Café is located in a traffic-free and quiet space next to the Santa Bárbara garden and is a great place to have lunch or simply have a coffee and read a newspaper.
The Café is a short distance from Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga), next to the Santa Bárbara garden is the medieval wing of the Paço Episcopal Braga and today the building is occupied by the rectory of the University of Minho and the Braga Public Library.
The oldest building in the complex faces the Jardim de Santa Bárbara and is known as the Paço Medieval de Braga.
The monument was erected at the end of the Middle Ages on the initiative of archbishops D. Gonçalo Pereira and D. Fernando da Guerra in the 14th and 15th centuries.
At Café Lusitana opposite, tourists can see a dragon-shaped fountain made of iron, very elaborate, a beautiful water play, the main attraction and designed by the sculptor Aureliano Aguiar (born in Coimbra). The connection to the city may be due to the fact that the green dragon is one of the symbols of the Suevi and when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 5th century, they settled in the former Roman province of Galécia, founding a kingdom that had Braga as its capital.
The Lusitana café is considered one of the oldest in the city of Braga and is located right next to the Santa Bárbara garden.
In the 60s to 80s, Café Lusitana was a high society café frequented by illustrious people from Braga society such as writers, lawyers, doctors and judges.
In the space while drinking a coffee you can taste the famous Tibias de Braga, and at the same time observe the spectacular Jardim Santa Bárbara where quick meals (veal rice), snacks and breakfasts are served until the end of the afternoon.
The space has a large terrace where you can calmly have a drink and admire the beautiful Santa Bárbara Garden next door, made up of roses, orange flowers, ornamental cabbage and small bushes.
Jardim de Santa Bárbara is a public garden next to the medieval wing of the Paço Episcopal Braga and has in its center a 17th century fountain topped by a statue of Santa Bárbara, which gives the garden its name.
Currently, Café Lusitana is known as a “Pastry and Tea Room” where it serves economical dishes.
The place has a typical Portuguese limestone sidewalk with decorative patterns made of black and white stones, and a terrace with tables and chairs surrounded by trees.
The Café is located in a traffic-free and quiet space next to the Santa Bárbara garden and is a great place to have lunch or simply have a coffee and read a newspaper.
The Café is a short distance from Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga), next to the Santa Bárbara garden is the medieval wing of the Paço Episcopal Braga and today the building is occupied by the rectory of the University of Minho and the Braga Public Library.
The oldest building in the complex faces the Jardim de Santa Bárbara and is known as the Paço Medieval de Braga.
The monument was erected at the end of the Middle Ages on the initiative of archbishops D. Gonçalo Pereira and D. Fernando da Guerra in the 14th and 15th centuries.
At Café Lusitana opposite, tourists can see a dragon-shaped fountain made of iron, very elaborate, a beautiful water play, the main attraction and designed by the sculptor Aureliano Aguiar (born in Coimbra). The connection to the city may be due to the fact that the green dragon is one of the symbols of the Suevi and when they invaded the Iberian Peninsula in the 5th century, they settled in the former Roman province of Galécia, founding a kingdom that had Braga as its capital.
