Chaves is a beautiful city in [wiki=44af86222da9e98a00945b899ee3c31b]Trás-os-Montes[/wiki] and one of the most historical cities in [wiki=ea71b362e3ea9969db085abfccdeb10d]Portugal[/wiki]. Chaves is a town and seat of municipality in the far North of Portugal, 10 km south of the Spanish border and 22 km south of Verín, Spain. Is the second most populous of the district of Vila Real. The district capital, Vila Real, is 60 km south on the A24 toll-free motorway. Aquæ Flaviæ was the Roman name for this town.