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The archaeological ruins in Dume encompass a complex of structures that include: a grande Roman villa (with a habitational zone) and bathhouse; remnants of a granite basilica in the form of a Latin cross (oriented east to west); with regularly horizontal aligned deposits in mortar, pavement and
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on the square occupied by the parochial church of Dume. Occupying a rural landscape, the space is an ample property that include the Church of SĂŁo
Martinho de Dume, constituted by a central nucleus of the courtyard, the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Rosário and backyard of the
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Senhora do Rosário, around the houses of the municipal seat. It was also around this time that the actual Matriz Church was completed (17th century). Later expansion of the church was completed in the first half of the 18th century.
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polychromatic mosaics; and a necropolis consisting of twelve graves, located in an area defined by granite slabs and/or brick coverage. These individual spaces were occupied successively over a 2000-year period.
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detailed his findings in the civil parish. In 1992, formal excavations of the medieval funerary site was begun in Dume. By May 1993, the Roman baths of the Roman villa were discovered. The remains of
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the basilica was the object of fundamental reforms. The church was transferred to the benevolence of the Bishop of
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in the 6th century (c. 550–560). The re-discovery of the Roman ruins in the late 20th century resulted in archaeological excavations that unearthed its former use.
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with whom the Suebi corresponded, showing artistic influences in the sarcophagus and layout of the basilica.
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Fernando de Oliveira (1993), "Inventário de SĂtios ArqueolĂłgicos do Concelho de Braga",
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were moved to a subterranean tomb alongside the ruins, underneath the chapel. In 1997, the
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