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Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Sé Velha)
Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique (1139), when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital.
Coimbra, a well preserved medieval town was Portugal's former capital. It is home to University of Coimbra, one of the world's oldest universities seen on top of this hill with it's 18th century bell tower.
Wider night view of the riverfront scene in Coimbra, Portugal in November. Happy weekend to all in advance.
Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region.
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 (from 1131 to 1255) still remain. During the Late Middle Ages, with its decline as the political centre of the Kingdom of Portugal, Coimbra began to evolve into a major cultural centre. This was in large part helped by the establishment the University of Coimbra in 1290, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world. Apart from attracting many European and international students, the university is visited by many tourists for its monuments and history. Its historical buildings were classified as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2013: "Coimbra offers an outstanding example of an integrated university city with a specific urban typology as well as its own ceremonial and cultural traditions that have been kept alive through the ages."
The University of Coimbra is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537. The university is among the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest in Portugal, and played an influential role in the development of higher education in the Portuguese-speaking world. In 2013, UNESCO declared the university a World Heritage Site, noting its architecture, unique culture and traditions, and historical role.
The Portuguese University ,one of oldest in the world ,now has almost eight centuries of history behind it .It was founded by D.
Dinis in Lisbon on 1 March 1290.
We visited Santa Clara-a-Velha Monastery before the recent rehabilitation work.
It felt like entering a dreamlike place. The power of great floods left just parts of the old Gothic church standing. It's a ghost church, but in the most poetic sense.
New angles and perspectives form amongst the half-ruined arches and vaults. And light hides and reappears between the stones.
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Visitámos o Mosteiro de Santa Clara-a-Velha antes das recentes obras de reabilitação.
Foi como entrar num lugar de sonho. A força das grandes cheias deixou apenas partes da antiga igreja gótica de pé. É uma igreja fantasma, mas no sentido mais poético do termo.
Novos ângulos e perspectivas formam-se entre os arcos e abóbadas semi-arruinados. E a luz esconde-se e reaparece entre as pedras.