Mire de Tibaes est l'une des 22 paroisses à « prédominance urbaine » de la ville de Braga, dans le district de Braga, la sous-région Cavado, au Portugal. Elle s'étend sur 4,36 km2 et avait 2 437 habitants en 2011. Son monastère (de) a été la maison mère de l'ordre bénédictin pour le Portugal et le Brésil à partir du XVIe siècle et ce jusqu'en 1834, année d'extinction de l'ordre.
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Mire de Tibães is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 2,437, in an area of 4.36 km². In Tibães is located the famous Monastery of Tibães, founded in the 6th century and now owned by the government.
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Padim da Graça is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Braga. The population in 2011 was 1,521, in an area of 3.39 km².
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The Monastery of St Martin of Tibães is a monastery in the parish of Mire de Tibães near Braga in northern Portugal. It was the mother house of the Benedictine order in Portugal and Brazil, and it is known for its church's exuberant Rococo interior.
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The Comunidade Intermunicipal do Cávado is an administrative division in northern Portugal. It was created in 2008. It is also a NUTS3 subregion of the Norte Region. The seat of the intermunicipal community is Braga, Norte. Cávado comprises part of the former Braga District. The population in 2011 was 410,169, in an area of 1,245.79 square kilometres, which makes it one of the most densely populated subregions of Portugal. Currently, as of 2021, it has 416.679 inhabitants and a population density of 351 per square kilometres.
Its name is derived from the Cávado River that drains a large part of its territory. It borders the intermunicipal community of Ave and the Metropolitan Area of Porto to the south, Alto Tâmega to the east, Alto Minho to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
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Merelim, Panoias e Parada de Tibães is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Merelim, Panoias and Parada de Tibães. The population in 2011 was 5,363, in an area of 5.36 km².
The parish is situated on the south bank of the river Cávado, northwest of Braga city centre. Agriculture is very important in Merelim São Paio, a village full of fields of maize and little plantations. However, the agriculturists in Merelim São Paio are getting older and there are few young people following the same way.
De par son architecture, ses nombreuses sculptures et l'utilisation massive d'or provenant du Brésil, le monastère de Tibães témoigne encore de nos jours de l'époque des découvertes portugaises.