O Comércio De Guimarães
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''O Comércio de Guimarães'' is a regionalist
weekly newspaper Weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspap ...
from the city of
Guimarães Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved ...
, in
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
, whose first edition dates back to 1884.


History

The first issue came out on 15 May 1884. It was founded and directed by António Joaquim de Azevedo Machado. It remained in the possession of his family until its publication was suspended in December 1985. Its fortnightly publication was resumed in March 1986, on the initiative of the Santiago Group, the current owner, and it became a weekly publication in 1989.


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