Backroads Europe

The Via Publicae in Portugal (1x1)

Air date: Apr 20, 2015

A first Portuguese stopover, from Braga to Lisbon, discovering the main Roman roads of Europe. The great cobbled Roman roads formed a dense network of 85,000 kilometers and crisscrossed Europe from the Atlantic to Asia Minor. In Portugal, the Via Publicae, the country's main north-south axis during Roman times, linked Braga to Lisbon and allowed trade to flourish.