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The Best Attractions In Coimbra

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Coimbra ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres . The fourth-largest urban centre in Portugal , it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area 4,336 square kilometres . Among the many archaeological structures dating back to the Roman era, when Coimbra was the settlement of Aeminium, are its well-preserved aqueduct and cryptoporticus. Similarly, buildings from the period when Coimbra was the capital of Portugal still remain. During...
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  • 1. Biblioteca Joanina - Universidade de Coimbra Coimbra
    The University of Coimbra General Library is the central library of the University of Coimbra, in Coimbra, Portugal. Even before 1537, the year when the university was definitively established in Coimbra, transferred for its last time from Lisbon, a library was already in operation in the city. It was called Livraria de Estudo . Based on the inventories of 1513 and 1532, more than 120 manuscript volumes were stored at the library. After the university refounding of 1537, the Livraria de Estudo was reinstalled and opened for students and professors, 4 hours a day. The statutes of 1559 already determined 6 hours of functioning a day, and the statutes of 1571 and 1597 called it livraria pública para lentes, estudantes e quaisquer pessoas outras . In 1705 the library was closed and about 20 y...
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  • 2. Portugal dos Pequenitos Coimbra
    The Portugal dos Pequenitos is a Miniature park in the civil parish of Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas, in the municipality of Coimbra, in the Portuguese district of Coimbra. The park consists of diminutive versions of Portuguese houses and monuments, and has pavilions dedicated to the former Portuguese colonies.
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  • 3. University of Coimbra Coimbra
    The University of Coimbra is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. Established in 1290 in Lisbon, it went through a number of relocations until it was moved permanently to its current city in 1537, being one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of the country's largest higher education and research institutions.The university is organized into eight different faculties according to a wide range of fields, granting academic bachelor's , master's and doctorate degrees in nearly all major fields of knowledge, such as arts, engineering, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, medicine, sports and technologies. It is a founding member of the Coimbra Group, a group of leading European resear...
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  • 4. Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro Coimbra
    The National Museum Machado de Castro is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. It first opened in 1913 and its latest renovation , which included the addition of a new building, was awarded the Piranesi/Prix de Rome Prize 2014.
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  • 8. Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Se Velha de Coimbra) Coimbra
    The Old Cathedral of Coimbra is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal. Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique , when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital. The first Count of Coimbra, the Mozarab Sisnando Davides, is buried in the cathedral.
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  • 9. Mosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Velha Coimbra
    The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due to frequent floods. The well-preserved Gothic ruins of the monastery were excavated in the late 20th century, more than 300 years after being abandoned by the nuns. The ruined church recently reopened to the public after 12 years of restorations with a new visitor center.
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  • 12. Quinta das Lagrimas Coimbra
    Quinta das Lágrimas is an estate in Coimbra, Portugal. It was classified in 1977 as an Imóvel de Interesse Publico by the IPPAR. It includes 12 ha of gardens and a palace that has been converted into a luxury hotel.
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