Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 1809 shi ne wurin yakin Braga
, lokacin da sojojin Faransa karkashin Marshal Soult suka kwace garin daga garkuwar Portuguese. Tare da mamayewar sojojin Faransa, a lokacin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Peninsular an sake birni, a sake, zuwa matsayin lardin. Amma, a rabi na biyu na wannan ƙarni, tare da tasirin baƙin haure na Fotigal da ke zaune a Brazil, sabon kuɗi da dandano ya haifar da ci gaba ga gine-gine da abubuwan more rayuwa.