Sieves House

Sieves House

The Residence of the Crivos (Portuguese: Casa dos Crivos) is a Renaissance-era shop/residence constructed outside the old walls of Braga, in the civil parish of São João do Souto, municipality of Braga. It is characteristic of late Renaissance architecture and one of the few examples of a building covered in wood-lattice facade from this period.

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