Frei Gualter is sent by S. Francisco de Assis to Guimarães around 1213. The devotion to this franciscan friar started to rise and in 1577 the brotherhood of S. Gualter is created.
The Gualterianas are celebrated since 1906, the new way of celebration in honor of their patron.
GUIMARÃES EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2012
