Fragile Fern – Cystopteris fragilis

Paços de Brandão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasuʒ ðɨ βɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w]) is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Santa Maria da Feira, and Aveiro District. The population in 2011 was 4,867,^[1] in an area of 3.56 km².^[2] It is 22 km from Porto, and is part of the Porto Metropolitan Area.

Its foundation dates back to more than 900 years ago, associated with the Norman Fernand Blandon. It became a town in 1985.

Among its highlights is the Festa dos Arcos, which occurs every August in the center of the town, and Inês Lopo, a notable nuclear medicine resident and marathon runner.

• Casa da Quinta do Engenho Novo or Parque Municipal de Paços de Brandão (literally the Paços de Brandão Municipal Park)
• Casa da Portela
• Mother Church

• Instituto Superior de Paços de Brandão

• Clube Desportivo de Paços de Brandão
• Grupo Recreativo Independente Brandoense (Basketball)

• Suspeita Productions - Design and Fashion Firm^{[permanent dead link]}
• http://www.numerica-multimedia.pt Editora discográfica e Multimedia

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  Festa dos Arcos

• Parish official website